These technologies provide a consistent server-side component and scripting model and an integrated set of system services for component application management, database access, transactions, and messaging. ADO Active Data Object. ADO is based on a published specification and is included with Microsoft Internet Information Server and Microsoft Visual InterDev. ASP Active Server Pages. A Server side scripting enviorment that runs ActiveX scripts and ActiveX components on a server.
Developers can combine scripts and components to create Web-based applications.
CGI Common Gateway Interface script. A program that allows a server to communicate with users on the Internet. For example, when a user enters information in a form on a Web page, a CGI script interpets the information and communications it to a database program on the server. COM Component Object Model. The object-oriented programming model that defines how objects interact within a single application or between applications.