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Web Hosting Glossary
Featured Web Hosting Term:Control Panel -
An online interface often used to facilitate Web site management and editing. Control panels often allow hosting customers to peform basic functions (make changes, check data, etc.) without contacting customer service.
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- Anonymous FTP - Anonymous File Transfer Protocol...
- ASP - Active Server Pages. A...
- Autoresponder - An email address that...
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- CGI - Common Gateway Interface. A...
- CGI Library - Some Web hosts will...
- CGI-BIN - A directory on a...
- Control Panel - An online interface often...
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- Data Transfer - Also: Bandwidth. The amount...
- Database - A collection organized records...
- Dedicated IP Address - Or "Static IP Address."...
- Dedicated Web Hosting - Or Dedicated Servers. The...
- Disk Space - Or "Storage Space." The...
- Domain Name - A domain name is...
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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...
- Merchant Account - Enables the processing of...
- Microsoft Access - A relational database management...
- Miva Empressa - An XML-based server-side scripting...
- Miva Merchant - A dynamic browser based...
- MS SQL - Microsoft SQL Server. A...
- MySQL - A popular open-source relational...
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- Payment Gateway - Enables the authorization, processing...
- Perl - A text-based programming language...
- PHP - A scripting language. PHP...
- POP - Post Office Protocol. A...
- POP3 Email Account - Post Office Protocol version...
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- Server - A computer or device...
- Setup Fee - Initial fee charged by...
- Shared Web Hosting - The opposite of Dedicated...
- Shopping Cart Software - Software that allows users...
- SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol...
- SQL - Structured Query Language. A...
- SSI - Server Side Incudes. Often...
- SSL - Secure Sockets Layer. Allows...
- Subdomain - A subdomain is a...
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- Virtual Private Servers - Shared hosting servers in...
- Virtual Web Hosting - A type of Web...
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- WAP - Wireless Application Protocol. A...
- Web Statistics - Reports on visitors to...
- Web-based Email - Allows a user to...
- Windows Web Hosting - Hosting on a web...
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