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WAR (file format)
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Software_engineering/KX6cE9kz">software engineering</a>, a WAR file (Web Application Resource or Web application ARchive) is a file used to distribute a collection of <a href="/facts/JAR_(file_format)/LcIBCWXT">JAR</a>-files, <a href="/facts/Jakarta_Server_Pages/LAr4ALkb">Jakarta Server Pages</a>, <a href="/facts/Jakarta_Servlet/hf5LQVq1">Jakarta Servlets</a>, <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a> <a href="/facts/Class_(file_format)/vswVom1C">classes</a>, <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> files, tag libraries, static web pages (<a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> and related files) and other resources that together constitute a <a href="/facts/Web_application/BLkF3BIN">web application</a>. </p>