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Data transfer

Data transfer is the amount of data transferred from an account as site viewers visit pages on the website. Sites with an abundance of audio, video and images that generates a large amount of traffic should consider selecting a hosting plan and provider that allows for a high range of data transfer.

DBA

A DBA or Database Administrator is in charge of the physical aspect of the data warehouse including design, performance and maintenance work like backups.

Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated Hosting is generally reserved for one Web site and is used by individual clients.

Dedicated IP

A Dedicated IP is used to preview a site before publishing to the world wide web.

Digital Signature

A Digital Signature is an encrypted message that ensures a message was sent by the person who claims to have sent it.

DNS

The Domain Name System or DNS stores information on domain names and host names.

Domain

A Domain is the part of the URL that locates a group or entity on the Internet.

Domain locking

A free security feature offered by Registrars called Domain Locking prevents unauthorized transfers of a domain to another registrar or host.

Domain monitoring

Domain Monitoring tracks domains of interest by alerting users when changes are made to the domain.

Domain privacy

Domain Privacy keeps the registrant's contact information confidential from the Whois directory online. This service prevents spam from becoming an issue.

Domain Transfer

A Domain Transfer moves the domain from one registrar to another. Customers have to wait 60 days to transfer domains after a purchase, a renewal or a change to the domain information.

Drupal

The free software, Drupal allows individuals or a community of users to publish, manage and organize content on a website with ease.

Dynamic Web Page

A Dynamic Web Page has changing information or provides interaction for users in some way.

E-commerce

E-commerce functionality allows for online purchases of items or services by credit card or PayPal payment.

Email

Email is the process of sending messages in electronic form that can include text, images and video files.

Email Forwarding

Email Forwarding redirects email from one email address to another email address. This service accommodates customers who want to continue using their personal email, but would like a more business-identified address for their clients to reference.

Encryption

The Encryption process converts data from its original form to a form that can only be used by authorized users.

Encrypted Password

An Encrypted Password is a password that has been camouflaged to prevent hacking.

Expandable Post Summaries

Expandable Post Summaries are a short portion or teaser of a blog post on the index page that links users to the full entry.

Favicon

A Favicon is a small graphic that appears to the left of the web address in the address bar.

Firewall

A Firewall secures a network and protects it from access by unauthorized viewers.

Footer

The Footer is the bottom portion of the blog that lists navigation and copyright information.

Flash

Macromedia's widely known animation software, Flash, requires little bandwidth and displays a moving or changing sequence of graphics. Flash is commonly used to provide Web sites with graphically driven introductions.

Forum

A Forum is a Web site where users post messages and replies on topics of interest.

Forwarding

The Forwarding process directs a domain to another web address to view the content of another site using the original domain name.

Front page

The HTML editor, Front Page is a widely known HTML editor created by Microsoft for building websites.

FTP

File transfer protocol, or FTP is a way to transfer files across the Internet.

FTP backup

FTP Backup entails backing up data to a remote computer using FTP connection.

FTP Client

An FTP Client is software that assists users in using file transfer protocol to upload to their sites.

FTP user

The FTP user is the user account to upload to a website.

Fully qualified Domain

A Fully Qualified Domain includes the host.

Google Sitemap

Google Sitemap allows a webmaster to tell Google about URLs on a site that are available for crawling.

gTLD

A gTLD is a generic top level domain. gTLDs are usually three letters and usually describe organizations and political structures.

Guest Book

A Guest Book is an area on a website where site visitors leave their name and information or feedback related to the site content.

Header

The Header is the top portion of the blog that lists the blog title.

Hit Counter

A Hit Counter keeps a record of how many visits a Web site receives.

Hosting

Hosting is the storage space or capacity for a Web site on the Internet.

Host Country

The Host Country specifies in which country the host resides.

Host Name

The Host Name is the name given to a machine which is the part of the Internet address located just to the left of the dot.

Host Report

A Host Report identifies the fifty ISPs or computers that visit the site most frequently.

HTML

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a simple markup language used in writing website documents.

HTTP

HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the set of regulations for making the transfer of files on the World Wide Web.

Hypertext

Hyper Text is a collection of documents containing links that allow the reader to move easily from one document to another.

IANA

IANA or the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority oversees registration for different Internet Protocol parameters, including port numbers, protocol and enterprise numbers, options, codes and types.

ICANN

ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is a non-profit corporation given responsibility from the US Government to manage the Internet domain name system.

IIS

IIS is an informational web server used for Windows operating systems. Some site building programs are only compatible with specific IIS versions.

IMAP

IMAP or Internet message Access Protocol retrieves mail and views or manipulates it on the server.

Index Page

An Index Page is a default page displaying automatically when the top level of a web site is accessed by a user. Most Index Pages are named index.htm or index.html.

Intranet

An Intranet is a large internal network usually established by companies to improve communication efficiency. The access to Intranets is restricted to authorized users.

Internationalized Domains

Internationalized Domains are domains that contain characters with diacritics from non-English languages or characters from non-Latin scripts.

IP Address

An IP Address is a set of numbers divided by periods that specifies a location for the TCP/IP Protocol.

Ip Banning

IP Banning prevents abusive users from posting to websites.

IRC

IRC or Internet Relay Chat is a real-time service that enables people from all over the world to communicate through a chat system on the Internet.

ISDN

ISDN or Internet Services Digital Network is a service providing WAN combined transmission analog and digital services.

ISP

The ISP or Internet Service Provider provides the user with Internet services.

Java

Java is comprised of a number of computer programs that together provide a source for developing cross-platform applications.

Java Servlets

A Java Servlet is a program running as a part of a network service, usually on an HTTP server and responds to requests from clients.

Joomla

Joomla is a free, open source content management system coded with PHP for publishing content on the Internet and Intranets.

JSP

Java Server Pages, or JSP is a technology for controlling the content or appearance of web pages and generating XML.

Linux

Linux, a system originally created by Linus Torvalds, is a free open-source operating system based on Unix.

Load balancing

Load Balancing is a feature which distributes the processing and communications activity between components in order to minimize the resources used and time spent waiting by any individual component.

Log file

A Log file is a text file maintained on a server that displays where all files accessed are located.

Saved Skins

Saved skins are design layouts stored in programs for later use or repeated use.

Scalability:

Scalability is the ability of a piece of software of hardware to increase in size as necessary.

Screen shot

A Screen shot is an image of a Web site or document you can email or send to other users online. To take a Screen Shot hold down the Alt key and the Print Screen key at the same time and paste into an image document.

Secondary Server

The Secondary Server is designated to take over in the event the Primary Server fails.

Security Code

A Security Code is a code sent from the gaining registrar to the admin email on file for the domain to verify that the domain owner actually requested the transfer of the domain.

Server Log

A Server Log is a file automatically started and maintained by a server of activity performed by it.

Server Log

A Server Log is a file automatically started and maintained by a server of activity performed by it.

Shared Hosting

Shared Hosting is the allocation of small pieces of a server's storage, applications and bandwidth for unique users.

Sharepoint

Sharepoint is Microsoft's web-based document organization platform. Sharepoint helps facilitate collaboration, provides content management features, and supplies access to information essential to organization.

Shell Account

A Shell Account permits users to edit their files online in real-time instead of making changes to their site offline and then updating the changes.

Sidebar

A Sidebar is one or more columns along one or both sides of blogger's home page. The Sidebar is generally used for links, calendars or lists.

Simple Control Panel

A Simple Control Panel is a basic control panel available with most Linux based servers.

Sitemap

The Sitemap allows a webmaster to tell inform engines of URLs on a site that are available for crawling.

SMTP

SMTP or Simple Mail Transport Protocol is a TCP/IP protocol that governs electronic mail transmission and reception program.

SMTP RELAY

SMTP Relays are sent and received by a few systems at each site called Mail Hosts.

SMTP Server

An SMPTP Server is a computer forwarding Internet email messages using SMTP protocol like Sendmail.

Social Bookmark

A Social Bookmark allows users to take bookmarks suggested by others and add them to their own personal collections. These bookmarks can be received by subscription.

Spam

Spam is any junk email or unsolicited email.

Spam Filter

A Spam Filter allows users to block messages from known spammers.

Spiders

Spiders are software robots that crawl websites and gather information for search engine databases from web content and links.

SPF Record

An SPF Record or Sender Policy Framework is an information record that validates legitimate email sources from a domain name.

SSH

SSH or Secure Shell can gain secure access to a remote computer.

SSI

SSI or Server Side Includes are commands that can be used in web pages that are processed by the web server when a user requests a file.

SSL

The SSL or Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol used to manage the security of a message transmission on the Internet.

Static IP

A Static IP is a fixed IP address, meaning that the IP will remain unchanged each login for the user.

Statistics

Statistics are provided by software on web servers that keep track or usage information on website and compile it into a user-friendly format. Statistics often include how many visitors come to a site, which pages receive the most requests and how much time is spent browsing the site.

Srv Record

An SRV Record or a Service Record provides information on available services.

Support

Support is telephone, live or email technical support provided to a registrar's customers to help with resolving technical difficulties and site issues.

T1 Connection

A T1 Connection is a phone or data connection that supports the transfer of up to 1.544Mbits of data per second. T1 Connections are commonly used by businesses and ISPs.

Tape Back-up

A Tape Back-up is a common and cost efficient way to back up web pages. Site contents are stored on a device that looks similar to a cassette for periods of time. Some cassettes can store several gigabytes at a time.

TCL

TCL or Tool Command Language is used as a scripting language and an interpreter for the language which is designed to be simple to embed in other applications.

TCP

TCP/IP or Transmission Control Protocol works with the IP address to ensure that packets reach their intended destinations successfully.

Technical Contact

A Technical Contact is typically the individual or company managing the primary domain name server.

Telnet

Telnet is a command-line interface allowing remote users and Web server to communicate with each other.

Third Level Domains

Third Level Domains are the next highest level of the hierarchy below second level domains. Examples of Third Level Domains are verio, va and us.

Tom Cat

Tom Cat is an open-source application of Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies developed under the Apache Software's Jakarta project.

Traceroute

A Traceroute is a unix command that finds the precise location of a server that is delaying transmission on the Internet.

Trackback

A Trackback sends a ping to another site equipped for Trackbacks, notifying the site that a new link was created. Trackbacks notify the author of an entry that the post has been added to another blog.

Transfer Concierge

The Transfer Concierge is the department that specializes in resolving issues that may prevent a domain transfer from being completed successfully.

TTL

TTL or Time To Live controls the number of seconds data is considered valid for.

TXT

TXT or Text Records enable users to associate some text with a host or other name. It is used to define the Sender Policy Framework information record.

UCC Certificate

A UCC Certificate is an SSL that can be used to secure multiple domain names.

Unique IP Address

A Unique IP Address is an IP used to preview a site before publishing on the world wide web, also known as a dedicated IP address.

UNIX

UNIX is a computer operating system designed to be used by multiple users simultaneously and has TCP/IP built in. It is the most widely known operating system for servers on the Internet.

URL

A URL or Uniform Resource Locator is the address defining the route to a file or any other Internet facility.

USENET

USENET is a network of thousands of News Groups on the Internet.

UUENCODE

A UUENCODE or Unix to Unix Encoding is a method of converting images to ASCII.

Video Streaming

Video streaming provides video data or content on a web page while it is being played on a remote client. This feature is used for live updates on websites.

Virtualization

Virtualization is a process or software that reduces server management cost through automation while giving more control over service levels.

Virtual server

A Virtual Server is a web server which shares its capabilities with multiple users or sites.

Vlogging

Vlogging, or video blogging, allows people to share their commentary and ideas in video shorts instead of text.

VPS

A VPS, or Virtual Private Server, uses a software platform which allows a hosting service provider to multiplex a single dedicated server into multiple virtual server machines This provides a private and protected web services infrastructure operating as an independent server.

WAN

WAN or Wide Area Network is a large communication network that services a geographic area larger than a local area network.

Web Based Email

Web Based Email is used when logging into an email interface online with a username and password to check and compose email messages.

Web Feed

A Web Feed allows users to subscribe to sites that update or add new content routinely.

Weblog

A Weblog is an online journal of thoughts on a specific topic, usually displayed in reverse chronological order.

Windows NT/2000

Windows NT/2000 are graphic-based, multitasking operating systems developed by Microsoft in recent years. Both can act as a standalone Operating System for computers and works stations or can serve as an operating system for a website or network.

WHOIS

WHOIS is a central database which tracks domains and IP registrations and lists the owner contact email, phone number and address.

XML

XML or Extensible Markup Language is a language allowing developers to create unique markup tags. All XMLtags are defined by the programmer and may be interpreted differently in different applications.

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