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Guide: Beginners Overview Guide to Java Runtimes

Jakarta EE
Priya Khaira-Hanks
Published: 11 Nov 2021
Updated: 21 Oct 2025

Ever wondered about all the names involved with running Java web applications? Web Server, Application Server, Application Runtime and so on? 

In this guide, we dive a bit deeper in to the terms to help elimate some of the confusion! 

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  1. Joseph McCay

    Download doesn’t work.

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    1. Jadon Ortlepp

      Thanks for highlighting. Fixed now!

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