- ArcGIS Server provides the framework for developers to create focused GIS Web applications and services that can be utilized by clients including browser-based applications, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Engine applications.
- The entire ArcGIS System is built and extended using software components called ArcObjects. ArcGIS Server is an object server for ArcObjects.
- ArcGIS Server consists of a GIS Server and an Application Developer Framework (ADF) for .NET and Java.
the arc gis serve system is made up of some of the following components:
GIS server:SOM,SOC
web server
clients
data server
manager and ArcCatalog administrators
arc desktop content authors