ASP, short for Active Server Pages, is a specification for a dynamically created Web page having an .asp extension. ASP technology provides an open, compile-free application environment in which Web developers can combine HTML, scripts, and reusable Active Server components. A Chili!Soft ASP page uses scripts written in Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) or JScript to access the ASP object model, which exposes functionality that is often used in Web application environments. When a browser requests an ASP page, the Web server passes execution to the ASP Server, which uses an ASP script to generate an HTML page. The ASP Server then sends the page back to the browser.
See also:
What is ASP? in "Chapter 1: About Chili!Soft ASP"
What is Chili!Soft ASP? in "Chapter 1: About Chili!Soft ASP"
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