asp

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

asp
    n 1: of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
         [syn: {asp}, {asp viper}, {Vipera aspis}]
    2: cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over
       life and death [syn: {asp}, {Egyptian cobra}, {Naja haje}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Haje \Ha"je\ (h[aum]"j[-e]), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zool.)
   The Egyptian asp or cobra ({Naja haje}.) It is related to the
   cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of
   inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It
   is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra
   committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called {Cleopatra's
   snake} or {asp}. See {Asp}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Asp \Asp\, n. (Bot.)
   Same as {Aspen}. "Trembling poplar or asp." --Martyn.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe,
   F. aspic.] (Zool.)
   A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent
   countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the {Naja haje}.
   The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to
   {Vipera aspis} of southern Europe. See {Haje}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aspen \Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [AS.
   [ae]sp, [ae]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ["o]sp, Dan. [ae]sp,
   Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, [aum]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa,
   Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.)
   One of several species of poplar bearing this name,
   especially the {Populus tremula}, so called from the
   trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest
   impulse of the air.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

ASP

   1. <World-Wide Web> {Active Server Pages}.

   2. <networking> {application service provider}.

   3. <language> A {query language}(?).

   [Sammet 1969, p.702].

   4. <processor> {Attached Support Processor}.

   (2000-07-08)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASP
       Abstract Service Primitive (OSI)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASP
       Active Server Pages (HTTP, MS)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASP
       Advanced Signal Processing / Processor

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASP
       Appletalk Session Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASP
       Advanced Simple Profile

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASP
       Application Service Provider / Providing (ISP, Internet)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASP
       Association of Shareware Professionals (org., USA)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

ASP
       Authorized Service Provider (Sun)

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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}.)