August 2018
Intermediate to advanced
314 pages
8h 9m
English
A tier is a physical unit, and it is related to hardware and software components. It is the infrastructure in which the layer components are deployed and executed. Examples of tiers are web browsers, application servers, and database servers. A typical n-tier application is defined with the following tiers:
| Tier | Infrastructure |
| Client | Web browsers, a mobile device |
| Presentation | Web server (container), HTTP protocol |
| Business | Application server (such as Java EE server) |
| Data/Integration | Database servers, messaging service, web services |
Let's look at the following diagram:

Here, it is very important to note the difference ...
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