ASP is an acronym for Microsoft's Active Server Pages. Now, ASP may seem like a bit of an odd name but, believe it or not, some real thought went into coming up with the name.
The reason that Microsoft named the technology Active Server Pages is because it very basically describes what the technology is all about. The Active refers to the fact that the HTML is created dynamically by your ASP pages.
The Server refers to the fact that this process is done on the server-side and not the client-side. An example of a client-side technology would be JavaScript which is a language that actually runs in the browser. Server-side technologies like ASP run on the server and send out simple HTML to the browser.
Then there is Pages. I don't think this one needs any explaining. ASP is referred to as a server technology.
How Can I Use ASP?
There are probably a million and one uses that you could come up with for ASP. ASP is great for creating almost any kind of dynamic web content from discussion groups to shopping carts. Here are some examples of common ASP applications:
Personal uses:
- A randomized thought of the day on your home page.
- A dynamically generated calendar of events for your kids.
- A web based movie exchange application for you and your friends.
- A guestbook form that stores your guests' information in a database.
- A personal greeting for your visitors.
- Shopping Carts
- Discussion Groups
- Personal Greetings
- Client account information
- Secured sections of your site
- Web-based cost estimate configuration applications
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