Active Server Pages or ASP, as it is more generally accredited, is technologies that enable you to make enthusiastic and interactive webpage. ASP Scripts uses server-side scripting to dynamically create a web page that is no pretentious by the any type of browser (as a Mozila, Internet explore, Safari, opera) the web site visitor is using. The evasion scripting language used for writing ASP is VBScript, even though you can use other scripting languages like Script (Microsoft's version of JavaScript).

ASP pages have the extension .asp (as Ex. page name index. asp) instead of .html, when a page with the extension .asp is request by a browser the web server know to read between the lines any ASP controlled within the web page before sending the HTML formed to the browser. The page must be requested through a web server that supports ASP, this is why ASP stands for Active Server Pages, no server, no active pages.
Internet Information Services (IIS) that runs on Windows 2000 /XP Pro/NT4 it is this web server that ASP pages usually run best on. For those of you running Windows and wish to play around with ASP on your own system you will need to install Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS). Lucky IIS or its micro version Personal Web Server (PWS) comes free with Windows.

Windows users you can find Internet Information Services (IIS)
•Windows ME - IIS and PWS are not supported on this operating system.
•Windows XP Home Edition - IIS and PWS are not supported on this operating system.
•Windows XP Pro/2003/2000 - IIS can be found in 'Add/Remove Programs' in the 'Control Panel'. or Personal Web Server (PWS) in the following places: -
•Windows NT4/95 - You can get hold of IIS by downloading the NT4 Option Pack