## Table of Contents

### Preface

This section of the Tomcat documentation attempts to explain the architecture and design of the Tomcat server. It includes significant contributions from several tomcat developers:

- Yoav Shapira (yoavs@apache.org)
- Jeanfrancois Arcand (jfarcand@apache.org)
- Filip Hanik (fhanik@apache.org)

### Table of Contents

The information presented is divided into the following sections:

- Overview - An overview of the Tomcat server architecture with key terms and concepts.
- Server Startup - A detailed description, with sequence diagrams, of how the Tomcat server starts up.
- Request Process Flow - A detailed description of how Tomcat handles a request.

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