servlet

English

Etymology

Blend of server +‎ applet

Noun

servlet (plural servlets)

1. (object-oriented programming, server) A Java program running on an Internet server that generates web content dynamically in response to requests from clients.

   The difference between servlets and JSP is that servlets typically embed HTML inside Java code, while JSPs embed Java code in HTML.

Synonyms

• serverlet

Hypernyms

• program

Related terms

• facelet

See also

• CGI script
• JSP

References

• servlet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Leverts, svelter