servlet

noun

servlet

noun

Etymology Blend of server + applet.

1

A Java program running on an Internet server that generates web content dynamically in response to requests from clients.

Object-oriented programming

  • The difference between servlets and JSP is that servlets typically embed HTML inside Java code, while JSPs embed Java code in HTML.
Synonyms
serverlet
Related terms
facelet, CGI script, JSP
Hypernyms
program
Hyponyms
richlet

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