What Is It a "stateless server"?

Question

I found it sometimes in different hosting and website, but i am not sure of the meaning, can you explain maybe with an example?

Answer 1

The REST architecture is stateless for example

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-REST-web-service-always-stateless

Answer 2

Serverless is stateless server, it runs functions without saving any state on the server. It uses rest api to access or update states on other database server.

Answer 3

Bhavya Bhav Thank you for the answer, ☺️ so when and where is used a stateless server?

Answer 4

Bhavya Bhav very helpful Indeed!

Answer 5

Thank you @Calvjn Does serverless is used for AWS Lambda functions, for example?

Answer 6

Walter Perdan Yes, AWS Lambda is one of the serverless in the market.

Answer 7

@Bhavya Bhav that stackoverflow question is pretty old (10 years) but should be still actual, right?
I understand now the difference between the two (stateless and stateful)....