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Web application terminology

This section defines frequently used terms relating to web applications.
An application server
containing server-side scripts or tags. When such a page is requested from
the server, the web server hands the page off to the application server for
processing before sending the page to the browser. For more information,
see "How a web application works" on page
Common application servers include Macromedia ColdFusion,
Macromedia JRun Server, the Microsoft .NET Framework, IBM
WebSphere, and Apache Tomcat.
A database
is a collection of data stored in tables. Each row of a table
constitutes one record and each column constitutes a field in the record, as
shown in the following example.
Fields (columns)
Number LastName FirstName
A database driver
is software that acts as an interpreter between a web
application and a database. Data in a database is stored in a proprietary
format. A database driver lets the web application read and manipulate
data that would otherwise be undecipherable.
A database management system
used to create and manipulate databases. Common database systems
include Microsoft Access, Oracle 9i, and MySQL.
A database query is the operation that extracts a recordset from a
database. A query consists of search criteria expressed in a database
language called SQL. For example, the query can specify that only certain
columns or only certain records be included in the recordset.
is software that helps a web server process web pages
Position Goal
(DBMS, or database system) is software
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Records
(rows)

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