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title: "What is servlet?"  
description: "What is servlet?"  
author: "Rajesh Goswami"  
published: 2010-11-25  
updated: 2020-09-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/264/what-is-servlet  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is servlet?

Servlets are modules that extend request/response-oriented servers, such as java-enabled web servers.\
For example, a servlet might be responsible for taking data in an HTML order-entry form and applying the business logic used to update a company’s order database.

## Answers

### Answer by Rajesh Goswami

Servlets are modules that extend request/response-oriented servers, such as java-enabled web servers.\
For example, a servlet might be responsible for taking data in an HTML order-entry form and applying the business logic used to update a company’s order database.


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