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Bandwidth
Controls the amount of traffic your website can handle
- Tip: The higher the bandwidth the better
CGI
A simple script that processes data submitted by a website visitor
- Example: Most online forums (enter name, address, phone, etc.) use CGI.
CGI-BIN
The place on a web server where CGI scripts are stored
CPANEL
The tool that allows you to control information on your web server
Dedicated Hosting
A more expensive form of web hosting. Cheaper hosting plans share a web server with others who are hosting websites. Dedicated hosting allows a user to have his/her own server. Increased server speeds and less server downtime can be expected with a dedicated hosting plan.
Disk Space
See “Hosting Space” below
Domain Name
A domain name is the actual name of the website that must be entered in a address bar to access a website
-Example: www.webaction.com.au is my domain name.
Domain Name Forever
Many hosting sites offer a free “domain name” free of cost forever with the purchase of any hosting package.
FTP
A way to connect to your web server from your personal computer.
Linux Web Hosting
The base/foundation software of the web hosting server
- Analogy: Linux is to web server as Windows is to personal computers
Hosting Space
The amount of space that you have available on your web server
- Analogy: Hosting Space is to web server as Hard Drive is to personal computer.
IP
The unique address of “data packets” on the internet
- Analogy: IP is to internet as fingerprint is to human
POP
A way to connect web server email accounts to programs such as Outlook and Express Outlook
Reseller Hosting
A reseller hosting plan gives the customer the necessary tools needed to sell his/her own hosting plans for a profit
Shared Hosting
The most affordable and basic way to host a website. With shared hosting multiple websites are stored on the same web server, sharing resources
- Tip: This is the opposite of dedicated hosting
SiteBuilder
Free software that many web hosting sites offer, this software allows customers to build websites without the need of a more expensive software.
Stats
Software on a web server that enables you to see visitor information
- Example: “this article had 1,203 views yesterday”
SQL
SQL is a website language that is used to request data from a database on your web server
- Tip: Microsoft Access is an example of a database
Sub-Domain
- Example: “www.webaction.com.au” is my domain name “www.email.webactions.com.au” would be an example of a sub-domain
Virtual Host
Just like shared hosting, multiple websites are hosted on the same server
VPS – Virtual Private Server
Increases privacy and web server performance.
- Tip: The middle grown between a virtual hosting account and a dedicated hosting account
Windows Hosting
Most web hosting servers are either windows based or Linux based
- Analogy: The operating system of a web server
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