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ActiveX Control
A routine that
can be downloaded and executed by Internet Explorer. ActiveX
controls are similar to Java applets; however, unlike
Java applets, ActiveX controls have full access
to a Windows Operating System. |
Active Server Pages
Microsoft Active
Server Pages (ASP) lets developers create dynamic
content by using server-side scripting and components
to create browser-independent dynamic content. ASP
provides an easy-to-use alternative to Common Gateway
Interface (CGI) and Internet Server Application
Program Interface (ISAPI) by letting content developers
embed any scripting language or server component
into their HTML pages. ASP pages provide standards-based
database connectivity and the ability to customize
content for different browsers. ASP also provides
error-handling capabilities for Web-based applications. |
Anonymous FTP
Anonymous FTP is
the capability of a client to set up a public area
for remote access to the server for transferring
files. Galazio Creations does not offer this function
as it is a security hazard. |
Apache
An open source Web
server originally formed by taking all the "patches"
(fixes) to the NCSA Web server and making a new
server out of it. A program that provides a service
(typically information) to another program, called
the client. A Web server holds Web pages and allows
client programs to read and write them. |
Apache::ASP
Apache::ASP
provides an Active Server Pages port to the Apache
Web Server with Perl scripting only, and enables
developing of dynamic web applications with session
management and embedded perl code. There are also
many powerful extensions, including XML taglibs,
XSLT rendering, and new events not originally part
of the ASP API! |
Apache Error Documents
Allows you to easily
setup error documents to match the format of your
website. These include 404 error documents. |
ASP
See Active Server
Pages. |
Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM)
A method of moving packets
over a high bandwidth SONET system. |
AVI
A
file that plays video clips. |
Auto Responders
Auto responders are used to send automated responses
to incoming e-mail sent to a specific address. For
example, this function can be used for auto replies
for vacation messages as well emails for people
who sign up for a membership for a website. |
AW Stats
Statistics
for your website. View the information of visitors
to your website with graphical tools. See also Graphical Web Stats |
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Bandwidth
Data transfer,
or bandwidth, refers to the amount of electronic
data sent over the network each month. Such data
includes a visitor's request for a page, the page
sent in response to the request, and any updates
you publish to your site. The amount of data transferred
is also affected by the size of the Web pages and
the number of visitors to the site. Galazio Creations'
hosting packages offer generous amounts of bandwidth.
1 GB of traffic roughly corresponds to 200,000 to
500,000 hits. 10 GB is about 2 to 5 mil hits. 20
GB is about 4 to 10 mil hits per month. |
Blue Screen of Death
Please see crash. |
Bookmark
A browser feature
that allows users to store Web sites that they may
wish to visit again. This allows the user
to access these sites without having to memorize
the URL. |
Boot
To start up a computer |
Bps
A measurement
of bandwidth (bits per second). |
Browser
Software
used to display Web pages. Examples are Microsoft’s
Internet Explorer and Netscape’s Communicator. |
Bug
A flaw in software.
The name was coined after moths were found to be
the problem in an early mainframe computer system. |
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C
A programming
language designed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T
Bell Labs ca. 1972 for systems programming on the
PDP-11 and immediately used to re-implement Unix.
C is often described, with a mixture of fondness
and disdain, as "a language that combines all the
elegance and power of assembly language with all
the readability and maintainability of assembly
language" |
C ++
One of the
most used object-oriented languages, a superset
of C developed primarily by Bjarne Stroustrup
at AT&T Bell Laboratories in 1986.In C++ a class
is a user-defined type, syntactically a construct
with member functions. Constructors and destructors
are member functions called to create or destroy
instances. A friend is a nonmember function that
is allowed to access the private portion of a class.
C++ allows implicit type conversion, function in-lining,
overloading of operators and function names, and
default function arguments. It has streams for I/O
and references. |
Cache
Any hardware
or software solution that allows for the storing
of frequently accessed information. |
Central Processing Unit
Computer
chip which controls a computer’s operations (e.g.
Pentium). |
CGI
Please see Common
Gateway Interface. |
CGI-BIN
CGI programs' and scripts'
directory. The Linux OS treats any file placed
in that directory as a script or executable file.
The script itself must contain (usually in the
first line) a reference to the interpreter that
will process the script. |
CGI-BIN directory
Apache recognizes
all files in a CGI-BIN directory as being eligible
for execution rather than processing as normal documents.
This applies regardless of the file name, so scripts
in a CGI-BIN directory don't need to be named "*.cgi"
or "*.pl" or whatever. In other words,
all files in a CGI-BIN directory are scripts, as
far as Apache is concerned. |
CGI scripts and programs
CGI (Common Gateway
Interface) scripts are programs used by a browser
to run interactive site features. CGI scripts,
which are stored in a separate directory on a
Web server, run behind a wide variety of common
Web procedures, from simple e-mail forms to complex
shopping cart programs. When you set up your site
on Intermedia.NET servers, you can create a directory
called "cgi-bin" where you can store
scripts that you've written or copied from the
Web. Under MS IIS server any directory can be
given permissions to run CGI scripts and programs. |
Cold Fusion 5.0
Macromedia ColdFusion Server
combines an intuitive, tag-based language, rich,
visual tools, and a proven, reliable web application
server to give you the fastest way to build and
deploy powerful web applications. Easily assemble
content publishing systems, business intelligence
solutions and self-service applications with an
intuitive tag-based scripting language. Server Technology
- At the heart of every ColdFusion application is
ColdFusion Server, a powerful web application server.
It combines an open, extensible architecture that
integrates easily with existing systems as well
as built-in application and infrastructure services
that help you present information elegantly and
achieve the highest level of performance and reliability
.Development Tools - Macromedia offers two powerful
tools for ColdFusion development. For web developers,
ColdFusion Studio provides powerful code editing
technology. For web developers and designers, Dreamweaver
UltraDev offers an unparalleled visual development
environment. The combined offering, ColdFusion 5
UltraDev 4 Studio, helps you enhance your productivity,
ensure application quality, and design sophisticated
web sites by taking advantage of the seamless integration
with ColdFusion Server .Programming Environment
- ColdFusion supports a powerful server-side scripting
language, ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML), that
is extremely easy to learn and cleanly integrates
with all popular web languages and technologies.
ColdFusion works with multi-tier architectures through
COM, CORBA, and EJB integration. It can also be
easily extended with new components created with
Java Servlets, Java classes, or C/C++. And thousands
of third-party components are available in the Developers
Exchange. |
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
CGI describes a
set of rules that govern how a Web server communicates
with another piece of software on the same machine,
and how the other piece of software (the CGI program)
communicates with the Web server. Many scripting
languages, such as Perl, follow the CGI standard.
This allows you to develop more interactive sites
by making use of system features. |
Cookies
Information stored on
Client computers by Web servers. The information
is usually a record of the surfer’s interests and
preferences. Return visits to a site that
uses cookies usually offers the surfer a customized
page based on the preferences in the cookie. |
Crash
A
PC that has to be restarted because it has been
rendered inoperable. The crash could be caused
by software, hardware, or a combination of software
and hardware. |
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Data Connection
Our FTP connections can be opened up in one of two
modes: the ASCII mode or the binary mode.
The ASCII mode is used for sending text files and
alters things such as line feed and carriage return.
The binary mode is used for sending binary files
and lets files through untouched. |
Data Transfer / Hits
You have unlimited data
transfer (or hits) on your virtual server. Any outward-bound
traffic from your web site is considered data transfer.
For example, each time a html file, image, or other
element on your web page is loaded, data transfer
is generated. |
DHCP
Please see Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol. |
Disk Storage
Disk
space is the amount of server disk storage your
web hosting account is allocated. This space is
used to store your html files, graphics, audio clips,
POP mail messages, and all other files that make
up your Web site. Galazio Creations provides generous
amounts of hard disk space for both your web server
and your mail server. Your web server disk space
is separate from your mail server disk space. Each
of these can be upgraded/increased. |
DNS
Please see Domain Name System. |
Domain Name
A name
which identifies a site on the Internet. For example,
www.dine.to. |
Domain Name System
DNS
is a mechanism that maps domain names to IP addresses.
When you specify a domain name, your browser sends
an address resolution request to a domain name server
asking for the IP address of that host. The DNS
returns the actual IP address, and your browser
uses this address to communicate with the host directly.
In the HostPilot® control panel, you can add
domains and manage your DNS records. |
Download
Receiving
a copy of a file from the Internet. |
Driver
The coaxial
cable that connects a tap (or pedestal) to a subscriber’s
house |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
The process by which
an IP address, gateway, subnet mask, DNS settings,
and domain are all assigned to a computer requesting
it. |
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Email
A message
sent over the Internet. Outlook Express is a very
popular email program. |
Email Forwarding
Or
known as email redirection. Allows emails accounts
of your domain to forward to any email account on
the Internet. |
Encryption
Using a “secret code”
on a file or Internet traffic for security reasons.
Banks make use of encryption for on-line banking. |
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FAQ
See Frequently Asked
Questions. |
Fiber Optics
The
technology that transports communication signals
modulated onto light and passed through glass fibers. |
File
A collection
of computer data which has been given a name.
There are data files (created by using programs
such as Microsoft Word) and program files (used
to run programs). |
File Transfer Protocol
FTP
is the protocol that is used by FTP programs to
upload and download files from the FTP server. FTP
and Web servers usually share the same server space
thus allowing users to upload and download web content.
This is used for your web hosting account to transfer
files to the web for your domain name. You can download
the program for transferring at http://www.cuteftp.com/ or http://www.wsftp.com/ If you are using Internet Explorer, you can also
use your browser to upload files. The format you
will need to type in your browser is: ftp://username:password@domainname.com |
Firewall
Hardware
or software used to prevent unauthorized access
to a computer over the Internet. |
Flash
A file format for delivering
interactive vector graphics and animation on the
World-Wide Web, developed by Macromedia. |
Frequently Asked Questions
Documentation in question-and-answer
format which focuses on questions that beginners
are likely to have. |
FTP
See File Transfer
Protocol. |
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GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
A graphics file format. Stores
256 colors. It is the most common graphic format
on the Internet.
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Gigabyte (GB)
Approximately
one billion bytes or 1000 megabytes. |
Graphical Web Stats
Dine.TO offers
for all hosting accounts a graphical interface in
which you can analyze your web statistics. Easy
to use browser-based reporting and configuration
interface. Real-time reporting so you can make smart
decisions faster. Interactive maps show geographic
segmentation. Trend forecasting throughout using
historical data. Filter reports by keyword to drill
down for specific details. See which browsers are
accessing your site. This includes the hits to your
site. unique visitors, the most popular web page,
and most downloaded files from your website. These
stats are there to assist you in marketing efforts. |
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Hard Disk
A device inside the computer
which holds computer files. Usually measured
by how many megabytes/gigabytes they hold. |
Hardware
Physical equipment that
comprises a computer (monitor, keyboard, CPU etc). |
Home Page
The first
page that a browser loads when it starts up. |
HTML
Please see Hyper
Text Markup Language. |
HTTP/HTTPS
Please
see Hyper
Text Transfer Protocol. |
Hyper Text
Any text that contains links
to other documents or pictures or text. Hyper
Text is usually underlined or highlighted in a different
co lour. The link is activated by clicking on the
Hyper Text. |
Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)
The language used to
create Web pages |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
The protocol for communicating
on the Web. HTTPS is the protocol for secure
communication. |
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IE
Please
see Internet
Explorer. |
IIS 5.0
See Microsoft
Internet Information Server |
IMAP4
A protocol
allowing a client to access and manipulate electronic
mail messages on a server. It permits manipulation
of remote message folders (mailboxes), in a way
that is functionally equivalent to local mailboxes.IMAP
includes operations for creating, deleting, and
renaming mailboxes; checking for new messages; permanently
removing messages; searching; and selective fetching
of message attributes, texts, and portions thereof.
It does not specify a means of posting mail; this
function is handled by a mail transfer protocol
such as SMTP. |
Internet Explorer
Web
browser created by Microsoft. Internet Explorer
is the most widely used Web browser, mainly because
it is now included in Microsoft Windows operating
systems. |
Internet Relay Chat
A
multi-user live chat facility created by linking
specialized chat servers all over the world. |
Internet Service Provider
A
company that provides Internet access to subscribers.
A Hosting company provides Internet Space. |
Intranet
A private
network or database inside a company or organization
that uses the same software used to browse the Internet. |
IP
IP is a connectionless,
best effort packet switching protocol. It provides
packet routing, fragmentation and re-assembly
through the data link layer. |
IP Addresses
The
network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely
used used on ethernet networks, defined in STD 5,
RFC 791. |
IRC
Please see Internet
Relay Chat. |
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Java
A simple, object-oriented,
distributed, interpreted, robust, secure, architecture-neutral,
portable, multithreaded, dynamic, buzzword-compliant,
general-purpose programming language developed
by Sun Microsystems in 1995. Java supports
programming for the Internet in the form of platform-independent
Java "applets". |
Java Servlets
Servlets
are Java based applications for server side applications. |
JSP
JavaServer
Pages (JSP) technology provides a simplified, fast
way to create web pages that display dynamically-generated
content. The JSP specification, developed through
an industry-wide initiative led by Sun Microsystems,
defines the interaction between the server and the
JSP page, and describes the format and syntax of
the page. |
JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert’s Group)
Jpeg’s or jpg’s are image
files. |
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Kilobit
Approximately
1,000 bits. |
Kilobyte
Approximately
1,000 bytes. |
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Lan
Please
see Local
Area Network. |
Link
A space on
a Web page which, when clicked with a mouse, causes
the window to shift to another place or to another
Web page directly. |
Linux
A freely
distributable implementation of UNIX that runs on
a number of hardware platforms, including Intel
and Motorola microprocessors. |
Local Area Network
Network
configuration that connects computers for the purpose
of sharing resources. |
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Macro Virus
A
type of computer virus that is encoded as a macro
embedded in a document. Macro viruses are spread
mostly through users receiving and opening infected
Word and Excel files. |
Mail Server
Please
see Simple
Mail Transfer Protocol. |
Mailing List
An
e-mail address that is an alias (or macro, though
that word is never used in this connection) which
is expanded by a mail exploder to yield many other
e-mail addresses. Some mailing lists are simple
"reflectors", redirecting mail sent to them to the
list of recipients. Others are filtered by humans
or programs of varying degrees of sophistication;
lists filtered by humans are said to be "moderated". |
Media Player
An
application first bundled with Windows ’98.
The Media Player plays movie clips. |
Megabit
Approximately
1 million bits. |
Megabyte
Approximately
1 million bytes. |
Merchant Account
In
order to accept credit card payments online, you
must have an Internet merchant account into which
payments accepted online are deposited. Galazio
Creations offers merchant accounts through Moneris
Solutions, Canada's largest processor of debit and
credit card transactions, who can enable your site
to start accepting credit cards in minutes. |
Microsoft® Access
Microsoft
Access is a database which comes bundled in Microsoft
Office® Products. Access is fully compatible
with Active Server Pages (ASP) scripting which is
only available only on our NT virtual servers. |
Microsoft® FrontPage & InterDev
Microsoft FrontPage offers
a great way for customers to easily create and upload/publish
professional Web sites with little knowledge of
HTML. The prepackaged functionality of Microsoft
FrontPage allows users to incorporate advanced features
without having to write the complex server-side
programs such features typically require. InterDev
Extensions are commonly used for designing large
Web sites that use multiple databases and require
large amounts of ASP code. Both, Microsoft FrontPage
and Visual InterDev use FrontPage Server Extensions
installed on the web server for publishing developed
content. |
Microsoft® Internet Information
Server
Internet
Information Services (IIS) 5 is a mature, high-performance
Microsoft Windows 2000-based Web server, which builds
on the success of IIS 4, the most popular Web server
for Microsoft Windows NT 4. |
Microsoft SQL 7.0 & 2000
SQL
is a high-end database system capable of hundreds
of thousands of transactions per day. If coded to
handle site traffic properly, databases can make
your site both interactive and information-intensive. |
MIME Types
A communications
protocol that allows for the transmission of data
in many forms, such as audio, binary, or video.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. |
Miva Merchant
Miva
Merchant is a powerful storefront and catalog development
tool that integrates all the latest technologies
you would expect from a high-powered E-Commerce
shopping cart system. Miva Merchant is more than
just an affordable shopping cart - it's a robust
storefront development and management tool that
enables e-businesses the freedom to customize their
online store. |
MOV
A file extension.
MOV files are movie clips. |
Mod_Perl
Mod_perl
brings together two of the most powerful and mature
technologies available to the web professional today
- Apache HTTP server and the Perl scripting language.
Mod_Perl is a module that loads into server memory
and thus speads-up execution of Perl scripts. This
is faster than running Perl using Perl interpreter. |
MP3
A file extension
that is capable of playing music. MP3 files compress
sound much more efficiently than WAV files. |
MPEG
A file extension.
MPEG files are movie clips. |
Multimedia
Content
that offers sound and video. |
MySQL
A UNIX based
SQL database which is very popular. Dine.TO is built on MySQL. |
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Network
A communications
and data exchange system created by physically connecting
two or more computers. |
NIC (Network Interface Card)
The
circuit board that must be installed in order for
communication with the computer. Some new computers
(especially Macintosh computers) already have Ethernet
cards installed. |
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OC1, OC3, OC12, OC24, OC48
Short for Optical Carrier, used to specify the speed of fiber
optic networks conforming to the SONET standard.
-OC1(51.85 Mbps)
-OC3(155.52 Mbps)
-OC12(622.08 Mbps)
-OC24(1.244 Gbps)
-OC48(2.488 Gbps) |
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)
is a standard database access method developed by
Microsoft. The goal of ODBC is to make it possible
to access any data from any application, regardless
of which database management system (DBMS) is handling
the data. |
ODBC Data Source Name (DSN)
ODBC DSN is a pointer that
tells the system how to connect to a specific database.
It combines the database location with the specific
driver information and connection details. Different
ODBC DSNs need to be configured for MS Access or
SQL Server databases. |
Online
A computer
connected to the Internet. |
Operating System
A
master control program for a computer that manages
the computer’s internal functions and provides a
means to control the computer’s operations. |
Outlook Express
Popular
Email and Newsgroup client. |
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Packet
A block
of data handled by a network. |
Packet Switching
Refers
to protocols in which messages are divided into
packets before they are sent. |
Personal Web Control Panel
This
is a browser based control panel for every hosting
UNIX hosting which allows you to create email addresses
in real time as well as setup ftp passwords and
if you package support SSL and databases, you can
configure those items there. |
Perl & CGI Scripting
A
high-level programming language, started by Larry
Wall in 1987 and developed as an open source project.
It has an eclectic heritage, deriving from the ubiquitous
C programming language and to a lesser extent from
sed, awk, various Unix shell languages, Lisp, and
at least a dozen other tools and languages. Originally
developed for Unix, it is now available for many
platforms. It is particularly popular for writing
CGI scripts. When compiled properly, you can run
these scripts for your website in your cgi-bin. |
Password Protected Folders
Protect
your Web pages with passwords for extra security.
If you are on Plesk servers, you will be able to
password folders from your Personal Web Control
Panel. |
POP3
Post Office
Box. This is the most common type of email accounts
used. |
PHP
PHP
is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language
that is especially suited for Web development and
can be embedded into HTML. PHP
is Open Source software. It is used most commonly
for dynamic websites on the UNIX platform. Dine.TO is built on PHP technology. |
PHPMyAdmin
An
interface to manage your mySQL database form your
broswer. |
Protocol
Sets of
rules computers use to communicate with each other. |
Python
Python
is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented
programming language. Python combines remarkable
power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes,
exceptions, very high level dynamic data types,
and dynamic typing. There are interfaces to many
system calls and libraries, as well as to various
windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, MFC). New
built-in modules are easily written in C or C++.
Python is also usable as an extension language for
applications that need a programmable interface. |
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QuickTime
Plug-in
developed by Apple. Enables customers to view pictures
and movie clips. |
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Random Access Memory (RAM)
Temporary
memory used by computers to create and manipulate
data. RAM is measured in megabytes. |
Real Player
Offers
streaming audio and video. Support for RealMedia™
service and technology from RealNetworks™ to stream
audio and video from your site is fully capable
from Shared Unix Packages. |
Router
Routers
act as “traffic cops”. They manage data traffic
and examine the destination addresses
of the packets passing through them for the purpose
of deciding the best route by which to send
the packets. |
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Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Assure your site visitors
their private information is secure with an SSL
certificate. SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, enables
secure online business by encrypting your customers'
credit card numbers and any other confidential information
that may be transmitted to and from your site. When
your web page has an SSL certificate, your page
will show a small gold lock or key in the lower-right-hand
side of your browser. The SSL (secure socket layer)
protocol is the web standard for encrypting communications
between users and Web sites. Data sent via an SSL
connection is protected by encryption, a mechanism
that prevents eavesdropping and tampering with any
transmitted data. SSL provides businesses and consumers
with the confidence that private data sent to a
Web site, such as credit card numbers, are kept
confidential. Web server certificates are required
to initialize an SSL session. |
Server
Software
that can be downloaded from the Internet for the
purpose of evaluation. Users are expected
to remit money to the author if they intend to use
the software beyond the evaluation period. |
Server Side Includes (SSI)
SSI
(Server Side Includes) are directives that are placed
in HTML pages, and evaluated on the server while
the pages are being served. They let you add dynamically
generated content to an existing HTML page, without
having to serve the entire page via a CGI program,
or other dynamic technology. |
Shells
Shell
is a utility program that enables the user to interact
with the UNIX operating system. Commands entered
by the user are passed by the shell to the operating
system which carries them out. The results are then
passed back by the shell and displayed on the user's
display Bash is the default shell in Linux. It uses
a color coding scheme (blue for directories, yellow
for executables and white for everything else).
Bash (Bourne again shell) is compatible with the
original UNIX shell (sh or Bourne shell), but has
some useful enhancements. Ash is a version of the
standard UNIX System V Bourne shell called sh. Tcsh,
which is an implementation of the Berkeley UNIX
C shell csh-it has a C-like syntax, filename completion
and command-line editing. |
Shockwave
A multimedia
application by Macromedia for dynamic online visual
presentations. |
Shopping Cart
Add
the convenience and power of our integrated shopping
cart system for e-commerce purposes for your website. |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(SMTP)
A protocol
defined in STD 10, RFC 821, used to transfer electronic
mail between computers, usually over Ethernet. It
is a server to server protocol, so other protocols
are used to access the messages. The SMTP dialog
usually happens in the background under the control
of the message transport system. |
SPAM
Electronic
junk mail or junk Newsgroup postings. |
Staging Server
A
separate hosting account in which clients can use
as a test environment. No Domain Names can be bound
to this account. Clients can choose between Unix
or Windows 2000 IIS accounts. |
SQL
An industry-standard
language for creating, updating and, querying relational
database management systems. |
SSH
SSH
(Secure Shell) is a program to log into another
computer over a network, to execute commands in
a remote machine, and to move files from one machine
to another. It provides strong authentication and
secure communications over insecure networks. |
SSL
See Secure
Socket Layer. |
Synchronous Optical Network
A
standard for data communications using fiber optics. |
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T1
An analog
transmission line with a 1.544 Mbps bandwidth. |
T3
An analog transmission
line with a 45 Mbps bandwidth. |
TCP
Please see Transmission
Control Protocol. |
TCP/IP
Abbreviation
for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol,
the suite of communications protocols used to connect
hosts on the Internet. TCP/IP uses several protocols,
the two main ones being TCP and IP. |
Telnet
The
purpose of the TELNET Protocol is to provide a fairly
general, bi-directional, eight-bit byte oriented
communications facility. Its primary goal is to
allow a standard method of interfacing terminal
devices and terminal-oriented processes to each
other. |
Traceroute
A frequently
used tool that determines the path used by two computers
communicating over the Internet. |
Transmission Control Protocol
Whereas the IP protocol deals
only with packets, TCP enables two hosts to establish
a connection and exchange streams of data. TCP guarantees
delivery of data and also guarantees that packets
will be delivered in the same order in which they
were sent. |
Trojan Horse
A
computer program that appears to perform a valid
function but contains, hidden in its code, instructions
that cause damage to computer systems. Strictly
speaking, Trojan Horses are not viruses because
they do not replicate. |
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UDP
Please
see User
Datagram Protocol. |
Uniform (Universal) Resource
Locator (URL)
The
address of a Web page. For example, http://www.dine.to/. |
UNIX
Unix is the
most widely used multi-user general-purpose operating
system in the world. |
Upload
To send
a copy of a file from one computer to another over
the Internet. |
UPS
Full power
redundancy ensures your site will not be harmed
during a power outage. |
Upstream
Traffic
sent from a customer’s computer. |
URCHIN Stats
Statistics
for your website. View the information of visitors
to your website with graphical tools. See also Graphical Web Stats |
URL
Please see Uniform
(Universal) Resource Locator. |
User Datagram Protocol
A
protocol that, like TCP, that runs on top of IP.
It does not provide recovery services like TCP so
it is extremely fast – this makes it ideal for voice
chatting. The trade-off is that packets can
get lost (which is why voice chatting is still poor
on slower connections). |
| V |
VB Script
A
popular event-driven visual programming system from
Microsoft Corporation for Microsoft Windows. VB
is good for developing Windows interfaces, it invokes
fragments of BASIC code when the user performs certain
operations on graphical objects on-screen. It is
widely used for in-house application program development
and for prototyping. It can also be used to create
ActiveX and COM components. |
Virtual Memory
Hard disk space used as an extension of RAM. |
Virus
A program
which replicates – a virus is not necessarily harmful
but some destroy data. |
VRML
A draft specification
for the design and implementation of a platform-independent
language for virtual reality scene description. |
| W |
Warez
A program
which replicates – a virus is not necessarily harmful
but some destroy data. |
WAV
File extension
that plays sound clips. |
Web
Please see World
Wide Web. |
Webalizer Stats
Statistics
for your website. View the information of visitors
to your website with graphical tools. See also Graphical Web Stats |
Web Based Email
Email
accounts which are accessible anywhere from any
computer which is connected to the Internet. |
Web Interface Mail
Also
known as webmail, it allows you to check and send
email directly from your browser so you will be
able to access your emails anywhere in the world
with an Internet Connection. |
Web Access Logs
Raw
logs in text form which can be used for analyzing
raq traffic to your website. These logs are compatible
with traffic analyzers so you can generate your
own stats. |
Web Page
A file,
written in HTML, displayed in a Web browser. |
Webmaster
A person
who creates Web pages or administers a Web site. |
Web Servers
In order to serve up pages,
web sites need a host-a computer-and server software
that runs on the host. The host manages the
communications protocols and houses the pages and
the related software required to create a web site
on the Internet. |
WebSpace
The amount
of allocated disk space for a web hosting package. |
Web User Sites
These are mini websites within
a domain which has its own FTP account. Mainly for
large companies which require personal websites
and disk space for each users. |
Worm
A specific
type of virus that situates itself in a place in
a computer where it can do harm. Viruses by
definition are not necessarily harmful but worms
are always harmful. |
WWW
An
abbreviation for World Wide Web. |
| X |
XML
A meta
language written in SGML that allows one to design
a markup language, used to allow for the easy interchange
of documents on the World Wide Web. |
Z
back to top |
Zip
A file
extension that represents a file or files that have
been compressed for more efficient storage or Internet
transfer. |
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