active server pages
 

* 1.(Internet) scripting environment that enables programmers to combine HTML and reuseable ActiveX components with scripts to create dynamic Web pages (designed for use on Microsoft Web servers), ASP* &lt World-Wide Web, programming&gt (ASP) A scripting environment for Microsoft Internet Information Server in which you can combine HTML, scripts and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages.

IIS 4.0 includes scripting engines for Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition ( VBScript) and Microsoft JScript. ActiveX scripting engines for Perl and REXX are available through third-party developers.