The Dreamweaver development environment supports the following server 

technologies:

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Macromedia ColdFusion

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Microsoft ASP.NET

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Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP)

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Sun Java Server Pages (JSP)

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PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) 

You can also use the Dreamweaver coding environment to develop pages 

for any other server technology not listed.

A static page

 is a web page that is not modified by an application server 

before the page is sent to a browser. For more information, see 

 Processing 

static web pages  on page 219

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A web application

 is a website that contains pages with partly or entirely 

undetermined content. The final content of these pages is determined only 

when a visitor requests a page from the web server. Because the final 

content of the page varies from request to request based on the visitor's 

actions, this kind of page is called a dynamic page.

A web server

 is software that sends out web pages in response to requests 

from web browsers. A page request is generated when a visitor clicks a link 

on a web page in the browser, selects a bookmark in the browser, or enters a 

URL in the browser's address text box. 

Popular web servers include Microsoft Internet Information Server, 

Microsoft Personal Web Server, Apache HTTP Server, Netscape Enterprise 

Server, and Sun ONE Web Server. 

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