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Web Hosting Glossary
Featured Web Hosting Term:Merchant Account -
Enables the processing of credit cards online. A merchant account is established in order to facilitate the processing of credit card transactions for a Web site.
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- Control Panel - An online interface often...
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- Data Transfer - Also: Bandwidth. The amount...
- Database - A collection organized records...
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- Email Forwarding - When email sent to...
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- Firewall - Software and/or hardware combination...
- FrontPage - Microsoft FrontPage is an...
- FrontPage Extensions - A set of programs...
- FTP - File Transfer Protocol. The...
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- IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol...
- IP Address - Internet Protocol Address. A...
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- Managed Web Hosting - A dedicated server complemented...
- MB - Megabyte. A million bytes...
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- Payment Gateway - Enables the authorization, processing...
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- SQL - Structured Query Language. A...
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- Virtual Web Hosting - A type of Web...
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