Regardless of which ColdFusion Server you have installed, ColdFusion application pages are processed on the server at runtime, each time they are requested by a browser.
A page request happens when you click a Web site link to open a Web page in your browser. When you request a ColdFusion application page, ColdFusion Server processes the request, retrieves any data if necessary, and routes the data through the Web server, back to your browser.
The following steps describe in more detail what happens when you open a ColdFusion page: