Active Server Pages

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | 700+ words | Copyright

Active Server Pages® A technology pioneered by the Microsoft Corporation which triggers processing at a WEB SERVER when a WEB PAGE is requested by a BROWSER. Normally when a browser requests a page from a WEB SERVER it is sent directly back to the browser. Active Server Page technology triggers some processing, such as inserting topical data, when a Web page which has the FILE EXTENSION ASP is requested. The server examines the file, identifies any SCRIPTS that need to be executed, executes them and inserts the results into the Web page. A typical example of an application that might use ASP technology is network monitoring, where pages which have dynamic information embedded in them that describes the current state of a network can be sent back to a SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR. This technology is similar in intent to that of SERVER SIDE INCLUDES. It is usually referred to as ASP.

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