0.3.1: Server terminology
This section defines a few frequently confused terms:
- WebSphere Application Server
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An IBM product providing an application server runtime for deploying applications.
To support the application servers, it provides a complete environment,
including an administrative server and clients, tracing and debugging, performance
monitoring, and many additional features.
- WebSphere application server
-
An application server runtime provided as part of an IBM WebSphere Application
Server installation.
- EJB server
- A generic term for a server that handles components coded to the
Enterprise JavaBeans specification.
- WebSphere administrative server
- The server that handles administrative data for the WebSphere
Application Server product. It is not the same thing as an application
server. Rather, it maintains data about the configurations of
application servers and their contents.
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.