| comp., MS |
Application server (A component of Front End Server that provides a platform by which to deploy, host, and manage unified communications applications); application server (A server program on a computer in a distributed network that handles the business logic between users and backend business applications or databases. Application servers also can provide transaction management, failover, and load balancing. An application server is often viewed as part of a three-tier application consisting of a front-end GUI server such as an HTTP server (first tier), an application server (middle tier), and a backend database and transaction server (third tier)) |
