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What are PHP, ASP, perl, etc?

These are all programming languages which are referred to by their acronyms.

PHP - (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor): A server-side HTML embedded scripting language.

ASP - (Active Server Pages): Refers to Web pages with a .ASP extension. These pages utilize ActiveX scripting (like VB Script or Jscript code).

Perl - (Practical Extraction and Report Language): A programming language designed for the processing of text. A popular language for writing CGI scripts.

CFML - (ColdFusion Markup Language): A tag-based Web scripting language for use with ColdFusion.

AJAX - (Asynchronous Javascript and XML): A Web development technique for creating interactive web applications. Uses a number of technologies together such as HTML, XHTML, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, XML, etc.

Each programming language has its own benefits and uses. It is best that you research on your own to find one that best fits your needs.

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