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Difference between Apache Server and Tomcat Server

I was trying to use python for web programming and found I need some web server to execute them. When I went into to more details, Apache is recommended. So, I just wanted to check my system before installing a new software and I found Apache Tomcat server is installed already in my computer. It is installed along with the IBM Eclipse in fact. Then, I just jumped and tried to configure the Tomcat server to run Python scripts. I could not do it as there were no mentioned files in the TomCat Server. Then I caught some web developers around my desk and asked what is the difference between Apache Server and Tomcat Server? and I was answered "Apache is an organization/company and Tomcat is a product", I got the same answer may be with different words. Then I went back and tried the setup again (I didn't want to install another software, if I had already something to work with). Oooops, it didn't work again. At last I wanted to contact my Google uncle and here is the answer what I am looking for probably you too:

Apache Server:

~The Apache Httpd Server commonly referred to as Apache is powerful, flexible, HTTP/1.1 compliant web server

~Apache is primarily used to serve both static content and dynamic Web pages on the World Wide Web.

~Implementation: C

Tomcat Server:

~Apache Tomcat is a servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications from Sun Microsystems, and provides a "pure Java" HTTP web server environment for Java code to run.

~Implementation: Java

So, the answer from my friends was not wrong, but there are two different web servers with different features. Finally, I realized that I could not work with Tomcat and downloaded and installed Apache server to work with Python for web.