Active Server (n)~ The server-based component of Microsoft’s Active Platform. Comprised of a set of technologies that includes DCOM (distributed component object model) Active Server Pages Microsoft Transaction Server and message queues Active Server provides support for developing component-based scalable high-performance Web applications on Microsoft Windows NT servers. Active Server is designed to allowdevelopers to concentrate on creating Internet and intranet software in a variety of languages without having to focus on the intricacy of the network itself.