| 1. | Name Servers | Nameservers (or Domain Name Servers) are the machines that perform the DNS function by providing the mapping of domain names to IP addresses. |
| 2. | Name Service (Primary or Secondary) | The domain name-to-Internet Protocol (IP) number resolution is known as Name Service. Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) operate name servers and provide their customers with name service when they register a domain name. 1stDomain.net offers both primary and secondary name service for all domain names registered through us. |
| 3. | .NET Hosting | Web hosting that supports .NET, an application framework by Microsoft. .Net hosting is becoming more common, but it still has a way to go to be ubiquitous as 'classic' ASP. |
| 4. | NOC (Network Operation Center) | Sometimes called a Datacenter. This is the term for a secure, managed network environment which may house tens or thousands of Web servers with power backup and high-speed connections to the Internet Backbone. NOCs usually have a mixture of OC-3 and DS-3 connections, or higher (i.e., OC12). |
| 5. | NT/WINDOWS NT | The name used by Microsoft for its business class operating system, called Windows NT (for "new technology"). Windows NT includes a rudimentary web server system, and other tools used to create local networks. Windows NT is useful for creating low-cost websites because NT will run on inexpensive hardware and has familiar tools to Windows 95/98 users. However, in practice, it has been found to be about as buggy as Windows itself, and is shunned by many web hosting purists because of its unreliabl… 0.7 KB |
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