What does the Apache Tomcat server do?

[Aaron Martin]

What is its purpose?

[Hallie Russell]

Tomcat is used for Java web applications that do not require the entire Java EE requirements but still require a trustworthy tool.
Tomcat isn't a comprehensive application server because it just serves as a Web server and a Servlet container.

[Jamie Lee]

Tomcat isn't a comprehensive application server because it just serves as a Web server and a Servlet container.

[Clara Smith]

Tomcat's full name is "Apache Tomcat," and it was created in an open, collaborative environment and released for the first time in 1998.

[Emerson Abby]

Tomcat is a web server and a container for Servlet/JavaServer Pages. It's frequently used as an application server for web-only applications, although it lacks the full set of capabilities that a Java EE application server would provide.

[Hallie Russell]

When the Tomcat server starts, what happens?