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Preface

This FAQ is maintained by the Tomcat Committers. The content for this FAQ is usually discovered by lurking in the tomcat-user list. If you wish to make a comment about the FAQ, make the comment on the tomcat-user list. Do not e-mail any of the committers directly and do not e-mail the tomcat-dev list. (Unless other people liked your suggestion and it was accidently missed by the committers who read the tomcat-user list) Emailing the tomcat-user list will allow a larger audience to immediately learn and critique your findings.

Questions

How did Tomcat get its name?

He (James Duncan Davidson) came up with "Tomcat" since the animal represented something that could take care of itself and fend for itself. That's how he came up with the name. [Source ]

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