| 1. | Second Level Domain (SLD) | Second Level Domains is the next highest level of the hierarchy underneath the Top Level Domains. In the example, 1stDomain.net - the "1stDomain.net" part is the second level domain. Second level domain names are what you register in a Top Level Domain registry. |
| 2. | Secure Server (SSL) | Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Requires use of a certificate for secure access. A Secure Socket Layer does not provide for credit card clearing or any other form of payment processing. It only provides a facility for secure transactions across the Internet. Some hosting providers allow use of a "shared" certificate. |
| 3. | Server | In a modern computing environment there are usually two kinds of computer classifications when more than one is connected together to create a network. The server is the computer which provides data and is the central repository, and/or gatekeeper between multiple "client" computers. A server can also be called a "host" because it hosts the data "served" to "clients." |
| 4. | Server Side Includes | Server side includes (or SSI) is a set of tags which can be used within HTML pages to be replaced by something else, added ("included") by the server. An example might be that you have one file with copyright information which goes on the bottom of every page. By using a SSI tag, you could tell the server to replace every tag on every page with the copyright information. The benefit is that you could have one file containing the copyright information that gets placed on hundreds of pages on your… 0.7 KB |
| 5. | Setup Fee | A one-time fee paid by a hosting client to at the beginning of a new hosting contract. |
| 6. | sftp | Secure File Transfer Protocol. An protocol that runs on top of SSH and presents you with an ftp-like interface. Same application area as normal ftp, but secure since it works over an ssh connection. So it's mostly used in conjunction with SSH. SSH for administering you server/account and sftp for uploading your files. |
| 7. | Shared Hosting | Hosting option whereby several client websites are housed on and share the resources of a web server. |
| 8. | Shared IP | An IP address shared by multiple websites. |
| 9. | Shell Account | A UNIX shell account to their shared server Web site, allows a customers to update their Web site content using Telnet. |
| 10. | Shopping Cart | Software used to make a site's product catalogue available for online ordering, whereby visitors may select, view, add/delete, and purchase merchandise. |
| 11. | Site Monitoring | A service that regularly checks a site and alerts the administrator in the event of a problem. |
| 12. | smtp | Short for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and is the standard protocol for transmitting email across the internet. As far as email clients are concerned, an SMTP server to be used for sending email must be specified. Your web host will normally have an smtp server you can use but it's more common to use the one supplied by your internet service provider. |
| 13. | sqlite | A fast and simple database with some advanced features. Sqlite's main selling point besides speed is that a database is stored in a single file and there is no server involved. This leads to easier setup and less memory requirements. |
| 14. | ssi | Server Side Includes are directives you place in your html code and are evaluated by the server before it serves your page. Usable for adding pieces of dynamic content to your website. It can be viewed as a very limited scripting language with the ability to call cgi scripts for more advanced tasks. Was more common in the nineties when C and Perl were the dominant technologies for server side programming. |
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