.htaccess.htaccess is a configuration file that is used to indicate who can or cannot access the contents of a specific directory from the Internet or an intranet. Placed inside a directory, the .htaccess indicates which users or groups of users can be allowed access to the files contained in that directory. This file is widely used on unix servers.
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.htpasswd.htpasswd is a file used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of HTTP users. Used on an unix server and in conjunction with the .htaccess file, the .htpasswd file works to password protect web directories by restricting access to only users listed in its file.
Access logAn access log is a list of all the requests for individual files that people have requested from a Web site. Such a log is valuable in understanding more about who is visiting your website and what visitors are viewing on your website.
Active Server PageAn Active Server Page (ASP) is an HTML page that includes embedded program(s) that are processed on a Microsoft Web server (Windows NT) before the page is sent to the user.
ADSLAsymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AliasesAliases are forwarding email addressees. Email sent to an aliases is automatically forwarded to another email address.
Anonymous FTPAnonymous FTP is a method for giving users access to files on a server without having to identify themselves to the server. Anonymous FTP is a common way to get access to a server in order to view or download files that are publicly available.
ApacheApache is a freely available Web server that is distributed under an "open source" license. Apache is the web server used on our Red Hat Linux servers (ie Unix hosting).
ATU-CADSL Termination Unit - Central Office
ATU-RADSL Termination Unit - Remote
Auto responderAn autoresponder is an email address that always responds with a pre-selected message to whomever emails it.
bpsBits Per Second
BRIBasic Rate Interface
CGIThe common gateway interface (CGI) is a standard process for running programs from a Web server. CGI passes a user’s request to a program on the server, in turn, the program passes information back to the user. CGI programs are often called scripts.
Cgi-binThe cgi-bin is a directory that holds a website’s cgi programs. The cgi program is executed from this directory.
ChmodChmod is a unix command that changes the access permissions of files.
COCentral Office
Cold FusionMade by Allaire, cold fusion is a set of products used for building web sites and servering pages to users.
Discussion BoardA discussion board is a general term for any online "bulletin board" where you can leave and expect to see responses to messages you have left. Or you can just read the board.
DNSDomain Name System
DocsLocated in a client’s home directory, the docs directory is the folder that contains a website’s HTML and image files.
DomainOn the Internet, a domain consists of a set of network addresses. This domain is organized in levels: Top level domain and second level domain.. The top level identifies geographic or purpose commonality (for example, the nation that the domain covers or a category such as "commercial"). The second level identifies a unique place within the top level domain and is, in fact, equivalent to a unique address on the Internet.
Domain NameA domain name locates an organization or other entity on the Internet.
Domain Name System (DNS)The Domain Name System (DNS) translates easily remembered textual names, such as www.loadedmedia.com, into numerical IP addresses, such as 280.191.460.15, allowing for easier Internet use
Domain RegistrarA domain registrar is a company or organization involved in registering domain names on the Internet.
Domain TransferDomain transfer is the process of transferring a domain name from one web hosting service to another. The process involves updating a domain’s domain name service listing.
DSLDigital Subscriber Line
DSLAMDigital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
E-commerceElectronic commerce is the ability to buy and sell products and services on the Internet.
ETRNExtended Turn
FlashFlash is an authoring software developed by Macromedia, and is used to create vector graphics-based animation programs with full-screen navigation interfaces, graphic illustrations, and simple interactivity in an antialiasing, resizable file format that is small enough to stream across a normal modem connection.
FTPFTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard Internet protocol that allows for the exchange of files between computers on the Internet. FTP is the simplest way to exchange files between computers.
HDSLHigh bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
HFCHybrid Fiber-Coax
HostThe term "host" means any computer that has full two-way access to other computers on the Internet.
HTMLHTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the set of markup tags or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser page. The markup tells the Web browser how to display a Web page's words and images for the user.
HTTPThe Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the set of rules for exchanging files (text, graphic images, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the Internet.
IECInter-Exchange Carrier
Internet Information ServerIIS (Internet Information Server) is a group of Internet server (Web or Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, FTP, and Gopher) and other capabilities for Microsoft's Windows NT and Windows 2000 Server operating systems
Internet Service ProviderAn Internet Service Provider (ISP) is a company that provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet and other Internet related services.
InternicInterNIC (Internet Network Information Center), was originally the only organization responsible for registering and maintaining the com, net, and org top level domain names on the World Wide Web. The actual registration was performed by Network Solutions, Inc. The registration of domain names has now opened up to include other Domain Registrars.
IPInternet Protocol
IP AddressAn IP address is a 32-binary digit number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent across the Internet.
ISDNIntegrated Services Digital Network
Jar fileA JAR (Java ARchive) file is a file that contains the class, image, and sound files for a Java applet gathered into a single file and compression for faster downloading to your Web browser
JavaJava is a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems.
Java Server Page (JSP)Java Server Page (JSP) are small java servlet programs that are specified in the Web page and run on the Web server.
Java ServletA servlet is a java program that runs on a server.
JDBCJDBC (Java Database Connectivity) is an application program interface specification for connecting programs written in java to the data in a database.
KbpsKilobits Per Second
LinuxLinux is an unix-like operating system that is very efficient and fast performing.
MbpsMegabits Per Second
Microsoft AccessMicrosoft Access is a lower end database software application developed by Microsoft.
Microsoft FrontpageFrontpage is a web site creation and management tool that gives you everything you need to create and manage exactly the site you want, whether you're creating a personal Web page or a corporate Internet or intranet site.
Microsoft Frontpage ExtensionsFrontpage extensions are server side applications that allow users to publish directly to the Web server using a PC or laptop computer from anywhere in the world via the Internet
Microsoft SQLMicrosoft SQL is a higher end database software application developed by Microsoft.
MirrorMirroring refers to pointing one domain name to another domain.
MUXMultiplexer
MYSQLMYSQL is an open source database management system.
ODBC Data SourceA term used to refer to a database or database server used as a source of data. ODBC data sources are referred to by their data source name.
ParkParking a domain refers to the service of registering a domain name and ‘parking’ it on our servers until you are ready to create a website for the domain.
PerlPerl (Practical Extraction and Reporting Language) is a script programming language
PHPPHP is a script language and interpreter that is freely available and used primarily on Linux web servers. ). As with ASP, the PHP script is embedded within a Web page along with its HTML.
PingPing is a basic Internet program that lets you verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept requests.
POPPoint of Presence
POP3POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) is a standard protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by your Internet server.
POTSPlain Old Telephone Service
PPPPoint-to-Point Protocol
PRIPrimary Rate Interface
PSTNPublic Switched Telephone Network
QoSQuality of Service
Secure CertificateSecure Certificates (SSL Certificates) gives a website the ability to communicate securely with its web customers. SSL security makes eavesdropping on your web traffic almost impossible
SendmailSendmail is the most popular unix-based implementation of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol for transmitting email
Server Side IncludeServer-side includes allow users to create documents that include information that is re-generated each time the document is accessed.
ShockwaveDeveloped by Macromedia, Shockwave is a family of multimedia players.
SMTPSMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a TCP/IP protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail.
SOHOSmall Office/Home Office
SpamSpam is unsolicited e-mail on the Internet.
SSLSSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a commonly-used protocol for managing the security of a message transmission on the Internet.
StreamingStreaming is the ability to send video/audio data in compressed form over the Internet which is then displayed/played on the viewer’s side as the data arrives. With streaming video or streaming media, a Web user does not have to wait to download a large file before seeing the video or hearing the sound.
TCPTransport Control Protocol
TDMTime Division Multiplexing
TELCOTelephone Company
TelnetWith permission, Telnet is the way you can access someone else's computer, i.e. a web server.
UDSLUnidirectional Digital Subscriber Line
UnixUNIX is an interactive, time-sharing operating system.
URLURL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a file (resource) accessible on the Internet. http://www.radiant.net is an example of a url.
UTPUnshielded Twisted Pair
VBRVariable Bit Rate
Virtual Web serverA virtual server is a computer server that has been configured to hosts domains available on the internet. This virtual server allows clients to establish their own personal, business or organizations website or domain name (i.e., yourdomain.com).
VoIPVoice over Internet Protocol
VPNVirtual Private Network
WANWide Area Network
Web serverA Web server is a program that, using the client/server model and the World Wide Web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol, serves the files that form Web pages to Web users
WhoisWhois is a program that will tell you the owner of any second-level domain name who has registered it with Network Solutions, formerly the only and still the most widely used of the Internet registrars of the com, net, and org domain names.
Windows NTWindows NT is the Microsoft Windows personal computer operating system
xDSL(Generic) Digital Subscriber Line
Fullrange Media The term for the Best Web Developers on the Net.
