| 106. | Raw Logs | Another name for a server's log files, the line-by-line activity of a server, not the summaries of this activity. |
| 107. | Reseller Hosting | Arrangement whereby a company selling hosting to consumers uses the datacenter and equipment of another company. |
| 108. | 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. |
| 109. | 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. |
| 110. | 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." |
| 111. | 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 |
| 112. | Setup Fee | A one-time fee paid by a hosting client to at the beginning of a new hosting contract. |
| 113. | 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. |
| 114. | Shared Hosting | Hosting option whereby several client websites are housed on and share the resources of a web server. |
| 115. | Shared IP | An IP address shared by multiple websites. |
| 116. | Shell Account | A UNIX shell account to their shared server Web site, allows a customers to update their Web site content using Telnet. |
| 117. | 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. |
| 118. | Site Monitoring | A service that regularly checks a site and alerts the administrator in the event of a problem. |
| 119. | 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. |
| 120. | 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. |
| 121. | 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. |
| 122. | T-1 | A leased-line connection capable of carrying data at 1,544,000 bits-per-second. At maximum theoretical capacity, a T-1 line could move a megabyte in less than 10 seconds. That is still not fast enough for full-screen, full-motion video, for which you need at least 10,000,000 bits-per-second. |
| 123. | T-3 | A leased-line connection capable of carrying data at 44,736,000 bits-per-second. This is more than enough to do full-screen, full-motion video. |
| 124. | TCP/IP | (transmission control protocol/Internet protocol) - the set of protocols used for the Internet and by organizations for communications between networks. |
| 125. | Telnet | The command and program used to login from one Internet site to another. The telnet command/program gets you to the login: prompt of another host. |
| 126. | Top Level Domain (TLD) | Top Level Domains is the portion of a traditional domain name that comes after the dot. So, in 1stDomain.net, the top level domain is .net. The generic top level domains (gTLDs) are .com, .net and .org; The other type of TLDs are the country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) which are assigned to all countries and their dependencies such as .ca for Canada. |
| 127. | Transfer | Total amount of data transferred from the customer's Web site to clients. Includes all HTML, Web pages, images, sounds, videos, etc. See Data Transfer. |
| 128. | UNIX | An operating system used on business-class computers typically used as "servers" which serve databases, websites, or other corporate applications. UNIX has numerous variants including IRIX (SGI), Solaris (Sun), and derivitives including Linux, Apple OSX, and others. |
| 129. | Unix Hosting | Web hosting that supports Unix, an operating system that comes in several proprietary versions. |
| 130. | Unlimited Bandwidth | A claim that users of a hosting plan will not be charged extra fees for very high levels of data transfer. |
| 131. | Uptime Guarantee | An assurance that a hosting company's uptime will meet an agreed-upon percentage. |
| 132. | URL | URL (Universal Resource Locator) - an address that is used to locate a particular resource (website, file, server, etc.) on the Internet. |
| 133. | Virtual Hosting | Virtual hosting describes a remote web server which is "host" to numerous domain names, where each domain name owner has all of the features of having a dedicated (on site) server. Virtual hosting provides for most of the same features of a dedicated server but is located in a high speed dedicated data center costing millions of dollars. The cost to maintain a virtual server for each site owner is a fraction of the cost of a dedicated server, with most of the benefits. |
| 134. | vps | Virtual Private Server. A virtual part of a server that runs it's own operating system so you have root access and can do anything you can do with a dedicated server, except that the physical resources are shared between multiple virtual private servers. |
| 135. | Web Hosting | The World Wide Web is a massive collection of web sites, all hosted on computers (called web servers) all over the world. The web server (computer) where your web site's html files, graphics, etc. reside is known as the web host. Web hosting clients simply upload their web sites to a shared (or dedicated) webserver, which the ISP maintains to ensure a constant, fast connection to the Internet. A Web Hosting company provides you space on their web server which allows you anyone on the Internet… 0.6 KB |
| 136. | Web Hosting Control Panel | The business of providing the storage, connectivity, and services necessary to serve files for a website. |
| 137. | Web Mail | Email that is accessed via a web browser. |
| 138. | Web Server | A computer, or a software package, that provides a specific kind of service to client software running on other computers. The term can refer to a particular piece of software (such as Apache or WebStar) or to the machine on which the software is running. |
| 139. | Web Site Traffic Reporting | Reporting software to provide information such as the frequency of hits, page views, amount of data transfer, and total transfer sizes. Popular reporting tools include Analog, Webalizer, and WebTrends. |
| 140. | web hosting | providing space on Internet servers for the storage of World Wide Web sites which can be accessed by others through the network. This service is usually offered by ISPs or web hosting specialists. |
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