ASP

Active Server Pages
Originally developed at Microsoft
Lots of non-MS implementations
Web developers use server-side script templates to build dynamic, interactive web server applications.
ASP runs as threads of the server process, hence is more efficient than CGI.
Can access databases, interact with Active-X and Java components, etc.

Embed ASP codes in HTML pages, e.g.

      <HTML>
      <HEAD>
      <TITLE>Sample Web Page</TITLE>
      </HEAD>
      <BODY>
      <P>
      Hello <%= Request.ServerVariables("REMOTE_USER") %>
      The time here is <%= now %>
      Your browser is
      <% = Request.ServerVariables("http_user_agent") %>
      </BODY>
      </HTML>

Another example:

      <html>
      <body>
      For loop incrementing font size: <p>
      <% for(1..5) { %>
      <!-- iterated html text -->
      <font size="<%=$_%>" > Size = <%=$_%> </font> <br>
      <% } %>
      </body>
      </html>