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ADSL - Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line
This high speed telephone connection enables fast downloads from the Internet. With an ADSL connection the computer is connected to the Internet permanently. The data flow is not the same when uploading and downloading, but it is on average between 10 to 40 times faster than a modem connection. A useful website for information is adslguide.org.uk.


Applet
Applets are small applications, often embedded within a Web page. They are written in the platform independent programming language Java.


ASP - Active Server Pages
ASP is a Microsoft technology that is used to create dynamic web pages. Pages using ASP are created using VBScript, Perlscript or Javascript and are incorporated into the HTML of a web page. It is often used for database access or for other interactive functions, and requires the server to run Microsoft Internet Information server (ISS) software.