Web Hosting Glossary

Glossary

PHP

 

PHP is an open source scripting language that is distributed free of cost. You can embed the PHP code into HTML. 

Control Panel

It is an online web based application that you can use to manage the different aspects of your website. 

Bandwidth Size

It refers to the amount of data that can be retrieved from your website within a specific period of time. It is usually expressed in bps (bits per second).

Applet

Applet is a small Java based program that runs in a web browser. These programs run in a sandbox and so are considered safe for the user.

ASP

ASP stands for Active Server Pages. It is a server-side scripting technology developed by Microsoft. Websites using ASP language will need a Windows hosting solution.

CGI

CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. It is a standard language for interfacing web servers. You can write these programs in several languages, such as C/C++, Perl, etc. The basic use of CGI is to process the data submitted in the HTML forms.

 

Cookies

Cookies refer to the pieces of data that a web server automatically saves in the web browser when a user accesses a website.

DNS

DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is an Internet service that basically maps the domain names into its corresponding IP Addresses. It translates the domain names into the IP Addresses.

Domain Name

An IP address is the real address of any website that is not easy to remember. A domain name is an alternative to that. It is easy to remember, as it is in the text mode.

FTP

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is basically used to upload and download files between an FTP server and a client.

IP Address

IP address stands for Internet Protocol Address. It is a unique number that specifies the address of a website on a particular web server. 

Java

Java I a popular programming language developed by Sun Microsystem. It is an object-oriented, crash-protected, and platform-independent language.

Linux

Linux is an open source operating system. It is the most popular operating systems for most of the web hosts.

Mirror Site

It refers to an FTP site that stores all the content of another website. You can minimize the load on a particular server by making a mirror site.

Web Traffic

Web traffic refers to the number of users that visit your website.

Search Engine

Search engine is an Internet service that stores a huge number of website addresses. You can use it to search a specific website through a specific keyword.

Uptime

Uptime refers to the web server’s ability to remain up.

Web Server

A web server is where all the data of your website is stored, including the web pages, script languages, and the databases.

Web Browser

A web browser is an Internet application program that you can use to access a website, such as Internet Explorer.

SSL

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is a protocol developed by Netscape.

WWW

WWW stands for World Wide Web. It is the most popular Internet service.

.com

.com is the most popular domain name extension used by commercial enterprises.

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