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ASP.NET is the "new version" of ASP (Active Server Pages), and is part of Microsoft's .NET Framework.

ASP in general is a programming language that is used to create custom web applications - it was created and maintained by Microsoft, and is comparable to PHP.

ASP is used to pass information from the client (your browser) to the server, and execute commands between the two, to result dynamic websites. Such applications are used to create things like eCommerce Websites (Amazon.com), or really any website that is more than just information on a screen.

The .NET framework for ASP provides many improvements and upgrades that make programming in ASP faster, and more efficient for server resources. In general is gives more form and organization to the original version of ASP, but it's general use is for ease of use efficiency over that of the old version of ASP.

- Caleb

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