# What does ASP .net Mean

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 29, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-asp-net-mean/258905 "2008-04-29T12:54:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![jon\_bla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@jon\_bla](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jon_bla)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-does-asp-net-mean/258905/1 "2008-04-29T12:54:39Z")

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I was kinda wondering what is [ASP.NET](http://ASP.NET) mean. I know ASP is ServerSide Scripting language, but why do they put .NET in the end? what does that mean?