Asp

Definition: Asp

Asp

Noun

1. Of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder.

2. Cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death.

Date "asp" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Specialty Definition: Asp

Domain	Definition
Computing	ASP 1. Active Server Pages. 2. application service provider. 3. A query language(?). [Sammet 1969, p.702]. 4. Attached Support Processor. (2000-07-08). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Bible	Asp (Heb. pethen), Deut. 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isa. 11:8. It was probably the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), which was very poisonous (Rom. 3:13; Gr. aspis). The Egyptians worshipped it as the _uraeus_, and it was found in the desert and in the fields. The peace and security of Messiah's reign is represented by the figure of a child playing on the hole of the asp. (See ADDER.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Dream Interpretation	This is an unfortunate dream. Females may lose the respect of honorable and virtuous people. Deadly enemies are at work to defame character. Sweethearts will wrong each other. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Slang	Noun. Source: Unknown. Definition: A collapsable metal batton used for defensive tactics. Context: It is used in all situations when the batton is discused by police officers. Social Source: Prison guards who became DPS officers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: ASP

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The abbreviation ASP has several meanings in English:

Active Server Pages, which is a web server extension by Microsoft.
amnesic shellfish poison - another name for domoic acid, a marine biotoxin and neurotoxin.
Application service provider - a business that serves clients with computer application needs (compare to internet service provider or ISP).
AppleTalk Session Protocol - a session layer protocol used by AppleTalk
'''Association of Surfing Professionals

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ASP."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Asp

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ASP	English	Amnestic Shellfish Poison	N/A
ASP	French	Appareil sur place	N/A
ASP	German	Afrikanische Schweinepest	N/A
ASP	Italian	Acido Domoico	N/A
ASP	Portuguese	Páginas de Servidor Activo	Computing
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Asp

Synonym: asp viper (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Asp

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Animal	Alligator, crocodile; saurian; dinosaur; snake, serpent, viper, eft; asp, aspick.
Evil doer	Snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass; serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Asp

English words defined with "asp": Aspish ♦ Haye, Hooded snake. (references)

Specialty definitions using "asp": alarm and status handler, application service provider ♦ Deaf Adder ♦ Internet Information Server ♦ TLAs. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Asp" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Chinese (ASPS), Portuguese (Active Server Pages), Scottish (an asp), Swedish (asp, aspen, aspen tree, rapacious carp).

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Modern Usage: Asp

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Take your filthy hands off my asp! (The Pink Panther; writing credit: Maurice Richlin ; Blake Edwards)
Movie/TV Titles	Kiss My Asp (1989)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Asp

Domain	Title
Books	ASP.NET Security (reference) ASP.NET Unleashed (reference) Beginning ASP.NET 1.0 with VB.NET (reference) Microsoft ASP.NET Step by Step (reference) Professional ASP.NET Web Forms Techniques (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Asp Bulletin (reference) Hardcore Asp.net (reference) Liaisons - Asp (reference) (more periodical examples)

High Tech	Koss CDP3100 CD/MP3 Player with 45/25 Second ASP and Headphones (reference) ASP.NET FOR DEVELOPERS (reference) MICROSOFT ASP.NET PROGRAMMING (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Asp

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Non-Fiction Usage: Asp

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Local companies are now beginning to tie up with application providers and offer ASP services. (references)
		Internet service as well as the ASP service are among those that would be preferably offered to companies. (references)
		The business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C) and the new business models such as the Applications Service Providers (ASP) are growing and will create an oversized market in the next couple of years. (references)
Economic History	Sweden	The server market is driven by the ISP and ASP segments. (references)
	Tanzania	The first elections were held in July 1957. The ASP won three of the six elected seats, with the remainder going to independents. (references)
	Australia	Another service sub-sector in its infancy is the ASP market, which is predicted to show robust growth into the foreseeable future. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Asp

"Asp" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Asp" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	85.71%	18	82,615
Noun (proper)	9.52%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	4.76%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	21	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Asp

The following table summarizes the usage of "asp" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Asp	Last name	170	53,051
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Asp

Expressions using "asp": asp viper ♦ horned asp. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "asp": D-asp.
	Containing "asp": Val-pro-asp-pro-arg.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Asp

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
asp	3,524	asp upload	55
asp tutorial	678	asp form	52
asp hosting	316	asp email	52
asp script	270	asp excel	51
asp newsletter	251	asp server	49
asp web hosting	212	asp forum	48
asp application	168	asp file upload	46
asp baton	134	asp file	46
asp software	127	apache asp	45
asp database	119	free web hosting asp	42
asp code	117	asp canada hosting ms sql	41
asp programming	97	asp host	41
free hosting asp	92	learn asp	41
asp.net tutorial	89	asp training	40
asp component	86	asp help	40
shopping cart asp	81	asp portal	39
asp editor	73	asp array	37
asp calendar	70	free asp code	37
free asp script	68	asp net	35
free asp	60	asp web server	34
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Asp

Language		Translations for "asp"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		plep i egër (aspen), nëpërkë (adder, viper), gjarpër (ophidian, serpent, snake, viper). (various references)

Arabic		‏الناشر (programmer, publisher), ‏الصل المصري, ‏أفعى صغيرة سامة. (various references)

Bulgarian		трепетлика (aspen, quaking-asp, trembling poplar), отровна змия, змия (adder, ophidian, serpent, snake, viper). (various references)

Czech		osika (aspen), brejlovec. (various references)

Farsi		نوعی ماربنام لاتینejahajaN , افعی (Adder, Python). (various references)

French		aspic (asps). (various references)

German		Natter (adder, asps, serpent, snake, viper). (various references)

Greek		ασπίδα (buffer, scutum, shield). (various references)

Hebrew		אפע�" (adder, baselisk, rattlesnake, viper). (various references)

Hungarian		áspiskígyó. (various references)

Indonesian		ular berbisa (adder, rattler, viper). (various references)

Italian		aspide. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		蝮 (adder, viper), 真虫 (adder, viper). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		まむし (adder, viper). (various references)

Korean		탄약보급소 (ASPS). (various references)

Pig Latin		aspay

Portuguese		víbora (adder, shrew, viper), áspide (aspic). (various references)

Romanian		aspidã (aspic), viperã (adder, aspic, serpent, snake, viper), plop tremurãtor (aspen, poplar), nãpârcã (grass snake, skunk, viper), cobrã (cobra, spectacled snake). (various references)

Russian		гадюка (adder, viper), випера, змея (bom, boma, ophidian, serpent, snake). (various references)

Scottish		asp (an asp), dearc (an asp, behold, berry, lizard : dearc-luachrach). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		aspida (randy, scorpion, vixen), egipatska naočarka. (various references)

Spanish		áspid (adder, aspic, viper). (various references)

Swedish		asp (aspen, aspen tree, rapacious carp). (various references)

Turkish		toz ağacı (aspen), titrek kavak (aspen, trembling poplar), engerek yılanı. (various references)

Ukrainian		гадюка (serpent, viper), осика (aspen), змія (aspic, ophidian, serpent, snake), аспід. (various references)

Welsh		asb. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Asp

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	aspis. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	aspidem, aspidis, aspidum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Asp

Language	Date	Source	Isaiah Chapter 11, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai paidion nhpion epi trwglhn aspidwn kai epi koithn ekgonwn aspidwn thn ceira epibalei
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et delectabitur infans ab ubere super foramine aspidis et in caverna reguli qui ablactatus fuerit manum suam mittet
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And the faunt, `or a soukande childe, shal deliten of the tete vp on the hole of the eddere, and in the caue of the kokatrice that shal be taken awei fro sok, `or wenyd, he shal putte his hond.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the den of the basilisk.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Asp

Language	Isaiah Chapter 11, Verse 8
Cebuano	Ug ang mga bata nga masuso magadula sa lungag sa sawa, ug ang bata nga linutas mokuot sa langub sa halas nga bahion.
Chinese	喫奶的孩子必玩耍在虺蛇的洞口、斷奶的嬰 �' 必按手在 �' 蛇的穴上。
Croatian	Nad rupom gujinom igrat æe se dojenèe, sisanèe æe ruku zavlaèiti u leglo zmijinje.
Danish	den spæde skal lege ved Øglens Hul, den afvante række sin Hånd til Giftslangens Rede.
Dutch	En een zoogkind zal zich vermaken over het hol van een adder; en een gespeend kind zal zijn hand uitsteken in de kuil van den basilisk.
Finnish	Imeväinen leikittelee kyykäärmeen kololla, ja vieroitettu kurottaa kätensä myrkkyliskon luolaan.
French	Le nourrisson s`ébattra sur l`antre de la vipère, Et l`enfant sevré mettra sa main dans la caverne du basilic.
German	Und ein Säugling wird seine Lust haben am Loch der Otter, und ein Entwöhnter wird seine Hand stecken in die Höhle des Basilisken.
Haitian Creole	Ti bebe nan tete va jwe devan twou koulèv. Timoun fèk sevre va lonje men yo nan bouch twou sèpan san anyen p'ap rive yo.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Bahkan seorang bayi takkan cedera bila bermain dekat ular berbisa.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Pada masa itu anak penyusu akan bermain dengan lobang ular biludak, dan kanak-kanak yang baharu lepas susu itu akan masukkan tangannya ke dalam lobang ular tedung.
Italian	Il lattante si trastuller� sulla buca dell'aspide; il bambino metter� la mano nel covo di serpenti velenosi.
Maori	Ka takaro hoki te tamaiti ngote u i runga i te rua o te ahipi, a ka pa atu te ringa o te tamaiti kua whakamutua te kai u ki te nohoanga o te neke.
Norwegian	Diebarnet skal leke ved huggormens hule, og over basiliskens hull skal det avvente barn rekke ut sin hånd.
Portuguese	A criança de peito brincará sobre a toca da áspide, e a desmamada meterá a sua mão na cova do basilisco.
Rumanian	pruncul de ykyq se va juca la gura bortei nqpkrcii, wi copilul knyqrcat va bqga mkna kn vizunia basilicului.
Spanish	Un niño de pecho jugará sobre el agujero de la cobra, y el recién destetado extenderá su mano sobre el escondrijo de la víbora.
Swedish	Ett spenabarn skall leka invid en huggorms hål och ett avvant barn sträcka ut sin hand efter basiliskens öga.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Asp

Derivations
	Words beginning with "asp": asparagine, asparagines, asparagus, asparkle, aspartame, aspartames, aspartate, aspartates, aspect, aspects, aspectual, aspen, aspens, asper, asperate, asperated, asperates, asperating, asperges, aspergilla, aspergilli, aspergilloses, aspergillosis, aspergillum, aspergillums, aspergillus, asperities, asperity, aspers, asperse, aspersed, asperser, aspersers, asperses, aspersing, aspersion, aspersions, aspersor, aspersors, asphalt, asphalted, asphaltic, asphalting, asphaltite, asphaltites, asphalts, asphaltum, asphaltums, aspheric, aspherical, asphodel. (additional references)
	Words ending with "asp": beclasp, clasp, enclasp, gasp, grasp, handclasp, hasp, inclasp, rasp, reclasp, tieclasp, unclasp, wasp. (additional references)
	Words containing "asp": beclasped, beclasping, beclasps, blaspheme, blasphemed, blasphemer, blasphemers, blasphemes, blasphemies, blaspheming, blasphemous, blasphemously, blasphemousness, blasphemousnesses, blasphemy, clasped, clasper, claspers, clasping, clasps, claspt, diaspora, diasporas, diaspore, diaspores, enclasped, enclasping, enclasps, exasperate, exasperated, exasperatedly, exasperates, exasperating, exasperatingly, exasperation, exasperations, gasped, gasper, gaspers, gasping, gasps, graspable, grasped, grasper, graspers, grasping, graspingly, graspingness, graspingnesses, grasps, handclasps. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Asp" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aapa, Aapo, abp, Abpi, acsp, afp, agp, agpc, aip, Ajp, akp, anp, Anpp, aop, aosp, ap, apb, Apg, aph, appp, aps, apsa, Apsg, asap, asc, ascp, asf, asg, asi, asjp, asn, aso, asop, aspa, aspe, asph, asq, Assc, assp, asu, asup, asv, asw, aswp, asx, asy, Atpc, Aup, avp, awsp, aza, azap, azl, azm, azp, azs, azz, csp, dsp, ecp, ecsp, eps, Escp, Espc, espn, gsp, icp, Isop, isp, ispbx, ispo, osp, Ospf, rsp, saph, sapo, sapp, saqp, usp, Vasp, yasp. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Asp"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "asp" (pronounced a"sp)
3	a" s p	clasp, gasp, grasp, rasp.
2	-s p	crisp, cusp, handclasp, lisp, wasp, wisp.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Asp

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: pas, sap, spa.
	Words within the letters "a-p-s"
	-1 letter: as, pa.
	Words containing the letters "a-p-s"
	+1 letter: alps, amps, apes, apse, asps, baps, caps, daps, gaps, gasp, haps, hasp, laps, maps, naps, pacs, pads, pals, pams, pans, paps, pars, pase, pash, pass, past, pats, paws, pays, peas, pias, pyas, raps, rasp, salp, samp, saps, slap, snap, soap, spae, spam, span, spar, spas, spat, spay, spaz, swap, taps, upas, waps, wasp, yaps, zaps.
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