| selected terms: 3 | | page 1 of 1 | | 1. | Dial-up Account | To access and update a Web site, hosting customers need dial-up access to the Internet (see ISP). Techically, xDSL would still be considered a dial-up account since you don't have a dedicated wire for data transfer. | | 2. | Disk Space (Storage Space) | Amount of hard disk space available for storage of all Web pages, HTML, CGI-bin programs, e-mail, log files, images, sound clips, audio, video clips, etc. 1MB equals one megabyte, or approximately milllion bytes. A 100K file would be 100,000 bytes. | | 3. | dial-up Internet access | a common means of accessing the Internet for households and small business, which involves dialing into an ISP's lines through the public switched telephone network by use of a modem. The connection is temporary, as opposed to dedicated line services like DSL. | | |