An ASP is a Web page that contains HTML and embedded programming code written in VBScript or Jscript. When IIS encounters an ASP page requested by the browser, it executes the embedded program. Third party products add ASP capability to non-Microsoft Web servers. ASP.NET is an enhanced version of ASP for the .NET platform. An organization that hosts software applications on its own servers within its own facilities.
Customers access the application via private lines or the Internet.
With the advent of the Web browser as the universal client interface, the ASP market is expected to grow rapidly. See Web-based application and service bureau. An e-mail server that automatically responds to requests for information. Browsers can be both text-based or graphic. A remote computer connected to a host or server computer.