* ASP.NET is a Microsoft Technology
* ASP stands for Active Server Pages
* ASP.NET is a program that runs inside IIS
* IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's Internet server
* IIS comes as a free component with Windows servers
* IIS is also a part of Windows 2000 and XP Professional
ASP.NET is a server side scripting technology that enables scripts (embedded in web pages) to be executed by an Internet server.