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  application server
       
          1.   A designer's or developer's suite of
          software that helps programmers isolate the business
          logic in their programs from the platform-related code.
          Application servers can handle all of the application
          logic and connectivity found in client-server
          applications.  Many application servers also offer
          features such as transaction management, clustering and
          failover, and load balancing; nearly all offer ODBC
          support.
       
          Application servers range from small footprint,
          web-based processors for intelligent appliances or remote
          embedded devices, to complete environments for assembling,
          deploying, and maintaining scalable multi-tier
          applications across an enterprise.
       
          2.   Production programs run on a mid-sized
          computer that handle all application operations between
          browser-based computers and an organisation's back-end
          business applications or databases.  The application
          server works as a translator, allowing, for example, a
          customer with a browser to search an online retailer's
          database for pricing information.
       
          3.   The device on which application server
          software runs.  Application Service Providers offer
          commercial access to such devices.
       
          Citrix Application Serving White Paper
          http://www.citrix.com/press/corpinfo/application_serving_wp_0700.pdf)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.citrix.com/press/corpinfo/application_serving_wp_0700.pdf).
       
          Application Server Sites, a list maintained by Vayda & Herzum
          http://www.componentfactory.org/links/appl.htm)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.componentfactory.org/links/appl.htm).
       
          The Application Server Zone at DevX,
          http://www.appserver-zone.com/default.asp)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.appserver-zone.com/default.asp).
       
          TechMetrix Research's Application Server Directory,
          http://www.techmetrix.com/trendmarkers/techmetrixasd.php3)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.techmetrix.com/trendmarkers/techmetrixasd.php3).
       
          (2001-03-30)
       
       

  application server /ˌaplɪkˈeɪʃən sˈɜːvə/
  Anwendungsserver 
   see: network server, computer server, server, network servers, computer servers, servers, file server, email server, mail server, news server, mirror server, terminal server, web server, secondary server