From HPcc from HLA/WebFlow/JWORB Perspective Madison Wisconsin Internet server Performance Meeting and Sandia Review Albuquerque -- June 23 and 24 1998. byGeoffrey C. Fox, Wojtek Furmanski
Back End Server: e.g.
Proprietary
Database
Service e.g. Database Repository
ThickClient e.g. Java Applet GUI
Middle Tier Server with "Business Logic" e.g. map user objects to relational tables as in Java Blend