Active Server Pages (ASP)

E182238

Microsoft technology server-side scripting technology web application framework

Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsoft's original server-side scripting technology for dynamically generating web pages, primarily using VBScript and running on Internet Information Services (IIS).

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
ASP	3
Classic ASP	2
ASP 1.0	1
Active Server Pages	1
Active Server Pages (ASP) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1610564 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Active Server Pages (ASP)
Context triple: [ASP.NET, predecessor, Active Server Pages (ASP)]

A. ASP
ASP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Assembly of States Parties, the management oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court composed of representatives from member countries.
B. ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a Microsoft web application framework for building dynamic, data-driven websites, services, and applications on the .NET platform.
C. IIS
IIS is the Institute of Industrial Science, a leading research institute of the University of Tokyo focused on advanced science and engineering.
D. JSP
JSP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Japan Socialist Party, a former major left-wing political party in Japan.
E. JScript .NET
JScript .NET is a Microsoft-developed scripting language that extends JScript with .NET Framework features, enabling object-oriented programming and integration with the .NET runtime.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Active Server Pages (ASP)
Target entity description: Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsoft's original server-side scripting technology for dynamically generating web pages, primarily using VBScript and running on Internet Information Services (IIS).

A. ASP
ASP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Assembly of States Parties, the management oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court composed of representatives from member countries.
B. ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a Microsoft web application framework for building dynamic, data-driven websites, services, and applications on the .NET platform.
C. IIS
IIS is the Institute of Industrial Science, a leading research institute of the University of Tokyo focused on advanced science and engineering.
D. JSP
JSP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Japan Socialist Party, a former major left-wing political party in Japan.
E. JScript .NET
JScript .NET is a Microsoft-developed scripting language that extends JScript with .NET Framework features, enabling object-oriented programming and integration with the .NET runtime.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Microsoft technology ⓘ server-side scripting technology ⓘ web application framework ⓘ
abbreviation	ASP ⓘ linked to: Active Server Pages (ASP)
architecture	request–response model ⓘ
category	Microsoft server technology ⓘ web server extension ⓘ
configurationFile	IIS metabase ⓘ linked to: IIS
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
distributionModel	bundled with Windows Server ⓘ
executionModel	interpreted ⓘ
executionSide	server-side ⓘ
fileExtension	.asp ⓘ
firstReleaseVersion	ASP 1.0 ⓘ linked to: Active Server Pages (ASP)
includedIn	Internet Information Server 3.0 ⓘ linked to: IIS Internet Information Services 4.0 ⓘ linked to: Internet Information Services Internet Information Services 5.0 ⓘ linked to: Internet Information Services
introduced	1996 ⓘ
license	proprietary ⓘ
notableFeature	built-in Application object ⓘ built-in Request object ⓘ built-in Response object ⓘ built-in Session object ⓘ inline script blocks within HTML ⓘ server-side includes support ⓘ
operatingSystem	Microsoft Windows ⓘ linked to: Windows
paradigm	script-based web programming ⓘ
platform	.NET not required ⓘ
primaryScriptingLanguage	VBScript ⓘ
runsOn	IIS ⓘ Internet Information Services ⓘ
securityModel	IIS application protection ⓘ
status	legacy technology ⓘ
succeededBy	ASP.NET ⓘ
supportedScriptingLanguage	JScript ⓘ PerlScript ⓘ linked to: Perl Python (via third-party engines) ⓘ linked to: IronPython
supports	ADO for database access ⓘ COM components ⓘ cookies ⓘ form processing ⓘ session management ⓘ
supportsOutputFormat	HTML ⓘ XML ⓘ text ⓘ
targetAudience	web developers ⓘ
typicalWebServerPort	80 ⓘ
useCase	dynamic web page generation ⓘ web application development ⓘ
uses	ISAPI extension asp.dll ⓘ

How these facts were elicited