A subset of Microsoft Visual Basic programming language, which is used to create scripting within HTML documents. Primarily used with ASP technology to add functionality to web pages.

A popular event-driven visual programming system from Microsoft Corporation for Microsoft Windows. VB is good for developing Windows interfaces, it invokes fragments of BASIC code when the user performs certain operations on graphical objects on-screen. It is widely used for in-house application program development and for prototyping. It can also be used to create ActiveX and COM components.

A scripting language developed by Microsoft.