{"id":4894,"date":"2011-09-23T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T16:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/coldfusion\/"},"modified":"2013-02-18T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T16:22:42","slug":"coldfusion","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/6540\/cold-fusion","title":{"rendered":"ColdFusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_coldfusion_mean\">What Does ColdFusion Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>ColdFusion is a web-development suite that used for developing scalable e-business applications. <\/p>\n<p> ColdFusion is really a suite of tightly integrated products, rather than a single product. It consists of two main parts: ColdFusion Studio, which is used to build a site and consists of the visual programming tools, database portion, and debugging tools. The second component is ColdFusion Server, which offers the runtime services for serving pages to users.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_coldfusion\">Techopedia Explains ColdFusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of ColdFusion\u2019s most important features is its ability to build websites as individual pieces that can be stored in its internal database, then reassembled to form webpages, e-newsletters, and so on. The software offers users the flexibility to either build the parts, or to build webpages directly.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-style: none\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">For example, a hospital\u2019s website that uses ColdFusion may have a user-friendly frontend interface through which a doctor may enter a patient\u2019s diagnosis, time of admittance, medicines\/ treatments issued and so on. The site\u2019s ColdFusion backend will then create a searchable webpage based on the data entered, and link it to, say, the rest of the week\u2019s entries from the same doctor. 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