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Servlet technology is used to create a web application (resides at server side and generates a dynamic web page).

Servlet technology is robust and scalable because of java language. Before Servlet, CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripting language was common as a server-side programming language. However, there were many disadvantages to this technology. We have discussed these disadvantages below.

There are many interfaces and classes in the Servlet API such as Servlet, GenericServlet, HttpServlet, ServletRequest, ServletResponse, etc.

What is a Servlet?
Servlet can be described in many ways, depending on the context.

Servlet is a technology which is used to create a web application.
Servlet is an API that provides many interfaces and classes including documentation.
Servlet is an interface that must be implemented for creating any Servlet.
Servlet is a class that extends the capabilities of the servers and responds to the incoming requests. It can respond to any requests.
Servlet is a web component that is deployed on the server to create a dynamic web page.
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Do You Know?
What is the web application and what is the difference between Get and Post request?
What information is received by the web server if we request for a Servlet?
How to run servlet in Eclipse, MyEclipse and Netbeans IDE?
What are the ways for servlet collaboration and what is the difference between RequestDispatcher and sendRedirect() method?
What is the difference between ServletConfig and ServletContext interface?
How many ways can we maintain the state of a user? Which approach is mostly used in web development?
How to count the total number of visitors and whole response time for a request using Filter?
How to run servlet with annotation?
How to create registration form using Servlet and Oracle database?
How can we upload and download the file from the server?
What is a web application?
A web application is an application accessible from the web. A web application is composed of web components like Servlet, JSP, Filter, etc. and other elements such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The web components typically execute in Web Server and respond to the HTTP request.

CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
CGI technology enables the web server to call an external program and pass HTTP request information to the external program to process the request. For each request, it starts a new process.