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Featured Web Hosting Term: Database - A collection organized records of information that can facilitate searching, sorting, and recombination of data.

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A

• Anonymous FTP - Anonymous File Transfer Protocol...
• ASP - Active Server Pages. A...
• Autoresponder - An email address that...

C

• CGI - Common Gateway Interface. A...
• CGI Library - Some Web hosts will...
• CGI-BIN - A directory on a...
• Control Panel - An online interface often...

D

• 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...

e

• eCommerce - Electronic Commerce. The buying/selling...

E

• Email Forwarding - When email sent to...

F

• Firewall - Software and/or hardware combination...
• FrontPage - Microsoft FrontPage is an...
• FrontPage Extensions - A set of programs...
• FTP - File Transfer Protocol. The...

G

• GB - Gigabyte. 1024 Megabytes...

I

• IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol...
• IP Address - Internet Protocol Address. A...

K

• KB - Kilobyte. 1024 bytes...

L

• Linux - A UNIX-like operating system...

M

• 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...

P

• 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...

S

• 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...

U

• UNIX - The most commonly used...
• Uptime - How often a Web...
• URL - Uniform Resource Locator. A...

V

• Virtual Private Servers - Shared hosting servers in...
• Virtual Web Hosting - A type of Web...

W

• 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...