ASP

ASP - Active Server Pages

This page refers to ASP in the context of dynamic web pages, ASP can also refer to Application Service Provider.

When in the context of internet web sites ASP refers to a scripting engine developed by Microsoft^® which allows the site developer to create dynamic web pages through the use of ActiveX scripting.

ASP has been superseded by the web application framework ASP.NET.

Typical ASP implementations include form handling, database connectivity, even putting a date and time on a page.

Jscript or VB Script are the most common scripting languages used with ASP pages, although third-party Active Scripting engines including PerlScript are available.

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