Brief
glossary of terminology
If you are new to web hosting or the
internet in general, here are a FEW of the terms you may want to learn.
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ISP - (Internet Service Provider) provides
connectivity to the Internet, usually via modem and dialup lines (we DO
NOT provide ISP services)
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IPP - (Internet Presence Provider) provides
presences on the Internet, usually provides web hosting and e-mail services
(this is what we do)
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WWW - (World Wide Web) refers to the vast
web sites and such that span the Internet
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POP - (Post Office Protocol) physical
e-mail accounts you log into with a username
and password to pick up any e-mail
sent/forwarded to that account
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Email Alias - aliasing allows you to have
multiple e-mail addresses sent to a specific
POP e-mail account (ie. pick up webmaster@yourdomain.com,
sales@yourdomain.com, etc. from
one POP account rather than from several
separate ones
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Email Forward - forwarding allows you
to have e-mail forwarded from a specific address or POP account to another
POP account (ie. have all e-mail sent to webmaster@yourdomain.com
sent to your POP account provided
by your ISP)
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FTP - (File Transfer Protocol) this is
how you will upload and download your web pages
etc. to and from your computer to
and from your virtual server
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ASCII - used in FTP and the WWW, this
is a type of file, usually any kind of file
that you can read (like a text file)
falls under this classification (HTML files
should be ASCII files)
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BINARY - used in FTP and the WWW, this
is a type of file, usually any kind of file
that is unreadable as text falls under
this classification (graphic images, sound
files, etc. should be BINARY files)
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HTML - (Hyper-Text Markup Language) the
name of the standard coding used to create
web pages, most web pages are written/coded
in HTML
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Domain - this is the convention used to
access a web site (www.whatever.com , etc.)
Domain names must be registered with
InterNIC to be valid and usable on the internet
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Non-domain - this is usually a sub-site
on someone's domain (www.whatever.com/subsite)
Non-domains do not have to be registered
with InterNIC
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InterNIC - the regulatory agency that
handles the assignment and database tracking of
active/inactive/available domain names.
Each country has their own NIC registry service
for handling foreign (or domestic)
domain names.
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Propogation - a period after a domain
name is registered or transferred when the domain name
is updated amoung all the nameservers
found on the Internet around the world. This period
usually lasts 3-7 days and may result
in visitors not being able to visit the domain name
until the period is over.
The list could go on and on, but these
are some of the standard terms that you may find yourself using when dealing
with web hosting. We may expand the listing with other terminologies, if
needed. Otherwise, we recommend perusing through the internet for some
online resources that can help you with the terminologies, if you are not
familiar with them.
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