# On the Bleeding Edge of Web to Host
Thin Client Approaches

- ## Web Server On Mainframe—Browser connects directly to the mainframe or midrange via HTTP/HTML and does not employ a gateway.

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- ## HTML Gateway To Mainframe—Browser to gateway which connects directly to mainframe via SNA converts SNA data stream on the fly to HTML.

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- ## Hybrid HTML Gateway To Mainframe —Gateway connects to mainframe via SNA and browser connects to gateway via Java for persistence.

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- ## Java Applet Or Application—Browser connects directly to mainframe or gateway via Java after being requested from the Web to Host server.

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- ## Active X Applet—Browser connects to mainframe or gateway via Active X applet.

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- ## Proprietary middleware — spawns Java applet upon request from the desktop.

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