What is hosting? (Host
Server) - A Hosting Services Provider
(HSP) is an application service provider dedicated to providing hosting services. Typically operates a Web
server farm, either at a data center or collocation facility.
What is a URL? (Universal Resource Locator) -
URL stands for Universal Resource
Locater. But what this really means is the "http://www.yoursite.com/index.htm" text
that appears at the top of your browser. The "http" refers to how your browser
will communicate with an internet server. "HTTP" stands for HyperText Transfer protocol. The "www.yoursite.com" refers to
a static IP address.
What is a Domain Name?
- Domain Name is the name of
your web site, as in www.yourcompany.com You have to pay an annual fee for the right to use a domain name (even if you
never set up a host server for it). As long as you keep the name registered
with an accredited Registrar no one else can use that exact name or
URL.
What is A TLD? (Top
Level Domain) - TLD abbreviation
for Top Level Domain Name.
Examples of TLD's are .com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov. Foreign countries have their own set of
TLD's, Mexico's for instance are: .mx, .com.mx, .net.mx, .org.mx, .edu.mx, and
.gob.mx. The United Kingdom's TLD's are .co.uk, .net.uk, .ac.uk,
.org.uk, .gov.uk.
What is a server? -
A Server is a special high speed
computer with an "always on" connection to the internet which houses your web
site. When someone types in your domain name,
the server sends the web page to their computer's web browser.
What is a search engine?
- Search Engines are databases
which classify web site content according to key words and actual content.
search engines use automated programs called
"spiders" to analyze web pages and classify the content according to what the
page designers have indicated and/or what the site contains.
You can also submit web sites to search engines for inclusion generally for a
price.
What is Ecommerce? -
Ecommerce is conducting business
on the web via web site or some other form of electronic transfer or
exchanging of goods and services for profit online.
What is a Gateway? -
A Gateway is a node on a network
that serves as an entrance to another network. In enterprises, the gateway is
the computer that routes the traffic from a
workstation to the outside network that is serving the Web pages. In homes,
the gateway is the ISP that connects the user to the internet.
What is a Merchant Account?
- Merchant Account allows the
business owner to accept credit card payments from the consumer and have the deposit transaction sent to their
Merchant Account as a sale
What is SSL?(Secure
Sockets Layer) - SSL short for
Secure Sockets Layer, a
protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet. SSL works by
using a private key to encrypt data that's transferred over the SSL
connection. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support
SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user
information, such as credit card numbers. By convention, URL's that
require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:.
What is FTP? (File
Transfer Protocol) - FTP short
for File Transfer Protocol,
the protocol used on the Internet for exchanging files. FTP works in the same way as HTTP for transferring
Web pages from a server to a user's browser and SMTP for transferring
electronic mail across the Internet in that, like these
technologies, FTP uses the Internet's TCP/IP protocols to enable data
transfer. FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the
Internet or to upload a file to a server (e.g., uploading a Web page file to a
server).
What is Flash? -
Flash is a bandwidth friendly
and browser independent vector-graphic animation technology. As long as
different browsers are equipped with the necessary
plug-ins, Flash animations will look the same. With Flash, users can draw
their own animations or import other vector-based images. Flash was known as
FutureSplash until 1997, when Macromedia Inc. bought the company that
developed it.
What does Static refer to?
- Static Generally refers to
elements of the Internet or computer programming that are fixed and not
capable of action or change. The opposite of static is
dynamic. A Web site that is static can only supply information that is written
into the HTML and this information will not change unless the
change is written into the source code. When a Web browser requests the
specific static Web page, a server returns the page to the browser
and the user only gets whatever information is contained in the HTML code.