| 36. | DS-3 | Connection to Internet Backbone favored by most medium-size Web hosting providers. More than 28 times the bandwidth of a T-1 connection. |
| 37. | DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) | A high-bandwidth Internet access service offered by some ISPs and telecom operators. DSL incorporates existing copper telephone lines with a specialized modem at the customer's end and a multiplexer at the central office. Allows for simultaneous voice and always-on data transmission. DSL services are being rolled out first in metropolitan areas with subscriber bases that can best support the required network upgrades. |
| 38. | Ecommerce Hosting | A hosting plan option that allows a merchant to accept orders online. |
| 39. | e-commerce (electronic commerce) | business transactions which incorporate the use of ICTs to enhance interactions and exchanges, and which augment or replace physical contact or exchanges. |
| 40. | E-Mail Aliases/Forwarders | E-mail forwarders and aliases are e-mail addresses such as billing@yourdomain.com which do not have a username/password as a "POP" account would. Instead, you would set up billing@yourdomain.com to forward to a real POP account such as customerservice@yourdomain.com. The only real distinction between an alias and a forward, is than an alias will likely forward to another existing account at the same domain, whereas a forward might be sent to another e-mail account with an ISP: such as cs@yourdom… 0.5 KB |
| 41. | E-Mail Autoresponders/Vacation Messages | Allow customers to set up an automatic message to respond to anyone who sends email to the customer. |
| 42. | Email Hosting | Web hosting plan that allows users to send and store email, may or may not come with hosting for a website. |
| 43. | e-mail (electronic mail) | a computer-based form of sending and receiving messages via the Internet. Users may have their own e-mail account or use a shared account, which is quite common in the developing world. |
| 44. | fantastico | An automatic installer for multiple popular/free/open-source content management systems and related products like Wordpress (blogging tool), osTicket (helpdesk), SMF (discussion board), Joomla (cms). Available with some shared hosting accounts. |
| 45. | File Extensions | In the DOS/Windows computer world, and UNIX as well, almost every file (anything on your computer that isn't a folder is a file in this context) must have some kind of extension. Example: index.htm would be a filename, where ".htm" is the file extension. On a PC in particular the operating system needs an extesion in order to determine what kind of file it is, and what to do with it when it is activated. With the internet, you may see extensions like .exe, .cgi, .asp, .htm, .jsp, .cfm, .tam, .ph… 0.7 KB |
| 46. | File Transfer Protocol (FTP) | Short for "file transfer protocol," FTP is a method for transferring data to/from web servers via a slightly different method than used by web browsers (which use the http method). FTP software is used to upload files to your virtual, shared, or dedicated web server site. FTP can also be used for direct downloads of files and images from a web server without being served from the public html directory (anonymous FTP). FTP access to a web server requires a password and username in order to gain a… 0.6 KB |
| 47. | Firewall | A security system that prohibts unauthorized access to a network. A firewall may be hardware, software, or both. |
| 48. | Free Web Hosting | Web hosting offered without monetary cost. ◊ Free web hosting is often ad-supported hosting, although with the low rates earned by general ads, it is usually the "bait" to lure people who might eventually upgrade to more powerful paid plans. |
| 49. | FrontPage Hosting | A web hosting plan that supports FrontPage, a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) website building tool from Microsoft. ◊ Frontpage is a very controversial topic within both the webmaster and web hosting communities. Some hosts report a disproportionate amount of support needed for FrontPage websites, and the FrontPage extensions have not been without security concerns. |
| 50. | FrontPage2000 | Microsoft's FrontPage 2000 software is a Web site development software package. It uses unique Microsoft file types (often referred to as "Microsoft extensions"). A Web server and virtual domain must be configured to accept these extensions. |
| 51. | FTP Client | Software needed by the customer to upload content files to their Web site. |
| 52. | FTP Site/Anonymous FTP | Anonymous FTP is a dedicated area on a virtual or dedicated hosting domain for download of files, and even upload of files to an "incoming" folder. FTP is a special way to login to another Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or sending files. |
| 53. | hard drive | a computer's internal disk drive using a non-removable storage format. Used for the storage of data, documents and the computer's programs and operating system. |
| 54. | hardware | the physical parts of a computer system, including the monitor, central processing unit, memory, storage disks, printers and scanners, and network equipment, such as routers and servers. |
| 55. | High Bandwidth Hosting | Web hosting with capacity to handle higher-than-average traffic volumes. |
| 56. | Home Page | The first page in the public directory of a domain, usually index.php. Called thome page because it's the first page that loads from a Website. |
| 57. | Hosting Provider | An institution that provides Web space to companies or individuals, usually for money. |
| 58. | .htaccess | If Apache is configured to allow it, you can put a file named .htaccess inside your public directory and use it to supply rules for Apache. This is commonly used for url rewriting, password protecting files/directories, allow/disallow directory listings etc. If you want to know more about the ways you can use .htaccess files, read the .htaccess tutorials at the Apache website. |
| 59. | HTML | Hyper-Text Markup Language. The basic page instruction language used to create web pages. Far easier for basic pages to use than some might think because many commands are simple such as "" for bold text. It can be more complex as you get into newer versions which allow for floating layers, tables, style sheets, and features which don't work across all web browsers. |
| 60. | HyperText | Text which links to other content by being an in-context link. The basis of the original text-only internet page structure. Any word can be a link to another page, idea, image or internet site, thus the "hyper" in the term. The actual link is called a "hyper link." |
| 61. | ICANN | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions. For more information about ICANN, you can visit their web site at: http://www.icann.org |
| 62. | IIS | Internet Information Services, a web server software from Microsoft. |
| 63. | imap | Short for Internet Message Access Protocol and is a protocol for fetching email from a remote server, like POP, but more advanced. The main difference is that IMAP is designed to be used from multiple computers, so email is not deleted from the mail server when it is downloaded. Some web hosts offer IMAP, some don't. |
| 64. | Internet | An open network layer that allows for the interconnection of various data networks through the use of the TCP/IP protocol. When most individuals think of the Internet, they are thinking of applications that use the Internet, such as e-mail and the World Wide Web. |
| 65. | interconnection fees | fees that the operator of one network (e.g. a telephone system) must pay another network operator to in order to connect to that network. The connection might be to terminate a call initiated on the former network (usually charged on a per call basis), or to access the international Internet backbone (usually a lump-sum charge). |
| 66. | IP Address | Internet Protocol address. A number analagous to a street address on the Web. See IP Number. When the internet was invented many years ago, there needed to be a way to identify one computer from another. The "IP" or "internet protocol" address has been used since then. In fact many corporate networks assign IPs to desktop computers without the employee knowing that they've been using Internet related technology for years, whether connected to the internet or not. When a Web server is setup, it h… 0.7 KB |
| 67. | IP number | IP stands for Internet protocol. A unique number consisting of 4 parts separated by dots. Every machine that is on the Internet has a unique number, which correlates to its domain name. |
| 68. | IPP | Internet Presence Provider. Another name for a hosting provider. |
| 69. | ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) | a high-speed communications network which combines voice, data and video into single cables. |
| 70. | ISP | ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. An ISP provides access to the Internet for others via some connectivity service(s). Examples of ISPs include Earthlink, Mindspring, and WorldNet to name a few. |
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