asp

15 definitions found

asp - 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]

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

  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]

  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]

asp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

asp - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

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

  ASP
         Abstract Service Primitive (OSI)
         

  ASP
         Active Server Pages (HTTP, MS)
         

  ASP
         Advanced Signal Processing / Processor
         

  ASP
         Appletalk Session Protocol (Apple, AppleTalk)
         

  ASP
         Advanced Simple Profile
         

  ASP
         Application Service Provider / Providing (ISP, Internet)
         

  ASP
         Association of Shareware Professionals (org., USA)
         

  ASP
         Authorized Service Provider (Sun)
         

asp - 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.)