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ASP: Active Server Pages (ASP). ASP are HTML pages that contain embedded scripts. Internet Information Server (IIS) and third party providers offer server software that interprets Active Server code. ASP pages contain either server side or client side scripts which performs functions such as database access, page personalization, or interactive functions. Scripts act similar to CGI scripts. Pages end in .asp. Lunarpages Windows web hosting is great for ASP. Auto responder: an auto responder will send a canned, previously written email message to a person when they send an email to an address or complete a process on your website. One example is the email you get confirming an order via most ecommerce websites. Another example is an immediate email you get post signing up for an email list. Bandwidth: is the term that is used to denote the amount of data that has been transferred from your web space to the computers of your visitors. To put it simple, bandwidth is the amount of data that flows across a network wire in one month. The amount is typical miniscule in free hosting packages. It’s easy now days to find affordable website hosting packages that allow unlimited bandwidth. CGI: Common Gateway Interface (CGI). CGI allows HTML pages to interact with programming applications. Control Panel: a website hosting control panel is an online internet application that allows you to easily manage different aspects of your web host account. Most control panels will let you upload files, add email accounts, change contact information, set up shopping carts or databases, view usage statistics, buy domains, review website traffic, etc. cPanel: currently the most popular control panel (see definition above) for web hosting accounts. Known for turning standalone servers into fully automated point-and-click hosting platforms. Cron Jobs: is a time based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. Cron enables users to schedule jobs (commands or shell scripts) to run at a certain time or date. Database: a database is a collection of information stored in a computer in a systematic way, such that a computer program can consult it to answer questions. The software used to manage and query a database is known as a database management system (DBMS). Data Transfer: this is the amount of data you are allowed to deliver from your web per month. For the average website, 1 GB is roughly 50,000 page views. Dedicated IP Address: a dedicated IP Address allows you to isolate yourself from other sites on the same server by assigning your site a unique, non-shared IP address. Most sites in shared hosting will share a common IP Address. Dedicated IP addresses can be sued for many things but the most common use is for provisioning of a private SSL certificate to be installed on a domain. Register.com includes a free dedicated IP Address with their web hosting package. Dedicated Server: a server dedicated to a single customer. Dedicated servers are appropriate for users that require lots of disk space or data transfer, as well as sites that are database intensive or have specific software requirements. Most websites don’t need a dedicated server, and can use cheaper shared hosting. The Planet is the #1 dedicated server provider. Disk Space: your website is comprised of files that are stored in the host’s system. The amount of disk storage space is how much space those files take up. Domain Name: a domain name is the text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a computer on the Internet. A domain name must be unique. Domain's extension indicates which TLD (top level domain) it belongs to, for example .com, .edu, .org, or .net. Website-Hosting-Reviews.net is an example of a domain name. You can buy domains at Register.com. Domain Parking: is simply pointing domain "a" to domain "b". For example, if your main website was on the domain businesstravelconnection.com, you may want to "park" the domains businesstravelconnection.net and businesstravelconnection.org to businesstravelconnection.com. This may help you get additional traffic to your website. WhyPark's service is similar to domain parking. Email Forwarding: when email sent to one email address is automatically sent (forwarded) to another specified email address. Fantastico: it integrates with cPanel to give you the ability to automatically install popular Open Source Applications within seconds and without the need for setting up MySQL databases, importing structure, or other tasks usually associated with setting the application up. FrontPage Extensions: a set of programs and scripts that allow specific features of a Web site created with FrontPage to perform, adding dynamic functions to a Web site. FTP: file Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP allows files to be transferred from local machines to servers and vice versa. GB: gigabyte. 1024 Megabytes. IMAP: internet Message Access Protocol. An email protocol that provides management of received messages on a remote server. IP Address: internet protocol numerical address assigned to each computer on the network so that its location and activities can be distinguished from other computers. IP addresses consist of four numbers ranging between 0 and 255, separated by dots (e.g., 74.148.77.24). KB: kilobyte. 1,024 bytes Linux Hosting: linux is a free open-source operating system based on UNIX that is used to run Web servers. MB: megabyte. 1,024 kilobytes Microsoft Access: is a relational database management system that can use data stored in Access/Jet, SQL Server, Oracle, or any ODBC-compliant data container. MySQL: an open source relational database management system that uses Structured Query Language (SQL). Linux hosting plans often include MySQL databases. Perl: a programming language that allows database interactivity and dynamic content on a web site. PHP: hypertext Preprocessor. A server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language that lets you create dynamic web pages. HostMonster supports PHP. phpMyAdmin: is a free software tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the internet. POP: post Office Protocol (POP). A protocol used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server. RAID: redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is a standard for connecting multiple disks to the same server for higher security, speed and performance. Raw Logs: are the base server access logs. Programs such as Google Analytics or AW Stats take the raw logs use them to make diagrams, etc that are user friendly. Server: a computer that handles requests for data, email, file transfers, and other network services from other computers, including requests for Web pages. Shared Web Hosting: multiple sites hosted on a single server that share the system resources. Each web site is allotted a specific amount of resources. Shared Web hosting is the most common (and affordable) hosting option. For the beginner shared hosting is usually the way to go. You get great features for a low price; in fact you frequently can get more features with shared hosting than a much more expensive hosting plan. Register.com is the best overall deal in web hosting in our opinion. Shopping Carts: shopping carts are special programs that run on your website that allow you to add products, descriptions and prices as well as other details from a web based administrative interface.Some examples include Zen Cart, OS Commerce, Agora, etc. InMotion is the way to go if you're looking for web hosting with shopping cart support. SMTP: simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is a protocol used to send and receive email. SQL: structured Query Language (SQL) is a database access language used for sending queries to databases for the purpose of retrieving information. SSH: secure shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices. Used primarily on Linux and Unix based systems to access shell accounts, SSH was designed as a replacement for Telnet and other insecure remote shells. SSL: secure Sockets Layer (SSL) provides encrypted, authenticated communications over the Internet. Ecommerce web sites use SSL to process payment transactions. Static IP Address: an IP address that is fixed and never changes. Web host with Static IP Address. Streaming Support: the most widely used form of streaming is defined here as to begin playing a multimedia file before it has completed downloading to the client's computer. This allows site visitors to get access to the content you want to deliver to them without them having to wait for the entire file to download. other streaming uses can be applied for shoutcasting, podcasting, and live video feeds. Sub Domain: a sub domain is a subdivision of a larger domain. Usually the sub portions comes before the main domain. For example, a sub domain of http://Website-Hosting-Review.net is http://blog.Website-Hosting-Review.net TB: terabyte. 1,024 gigabytes Uptime: the ratio of time a website is accessible and available. A good web host will have uptimes of at least greater than 99%. Virtual Private Servers: the practice of partitioning a single server so that it appears as multiple servers in which each is allocated its own amount of dedicated resources. This is middle of the road hosting. It’s better than shared, but not as good as dedicated hosting. The advantage to a VPS web host is that you have complete control of your web host virtual computer. Your web site will also be more reliable because the resources that you are allocated will always be available for your web site and other customers cannot take any of those resources away from your web site. A VPS will cost more than shared hosting, but will not be nearly as expensive as dedicated hosting. InMotion is great for VPS. Web Statistics: web hosts provide reporting programs that include information about visitors to your Web site. Windows Hosting: web hosting on a Microsoft Windows Server platform, which allows web pages to use ASP and .NET. Lunarpages Windows web hosting is great. Visit http://Website-Hosting-Reviews.net to find the best web hosting company to meet your website needs. Add to Technorati Favorites
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