# Active Server Pages

> A web server programming language developed by Microsoft. It could be used with IIS or Microsoft Personal Web Server.

A <web server> programming language developed by <Microsoft>. It could be used with <IIS> or Microsoft Personal Web Server.

Originally, ASP meant <Classic ASP>, but after <ASP.NET> appeared, the term began to refer to both. The original ASP is often explicitly called <Classic ASP>.