Glossary
Ever wanted to know what something meant, but didn't know who to ask?
Well look below for your answer.
Applet
A program that can be downloaded over a network and launched
on a user's computer
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. ASCII
files are also called plain text files.
Active Server Page (ASP)
A specification for a webpage that is dynamically created
by the web server and contains both HTML and scripting code. With ASP, programs
can be run on a web server in a similar way to cgi scripts, but ASP uses the
ActiveX scripting engine to support either VBScript or Jscript.
Application
A program that helps the user accomplish a specific task;
for example, a word processing program, a spreadsheet program or an FTP client.
Application programs are distinguished from system programs, which control
the computer and run the application programs; and utilities, which are small
helper
programs.
Application Service Provider (ASP)
A company that deploys, hosts, manages and rents access
to an application
AU (.au)
common format for UNIX audio files
Auto Responder
A program that instantly and automatically sends a prewritten
response to all emails received
Bandwidth
A measurement of the amount of information that can be
transmitted over a network at a given time
Bookmark
A pointer to a given website. Customers might bookmark
your site so they may easily return.
Brower
A program that allows users to view webpages. Examples
are Internet Explorer and Netscape.
Cache
Where computer memory is stored.
CGI
Common gateway interface. Allows programs to run on a
web server. Cgi scripts are used to put the content of a form into an email
message, to perform a database query, or to generate HTML pages.
CLEC
Competitive local exchange converter
ColdFusion
Web application server. ColdFusion is a server-side scripting
language web development tool. It uses HTML-like tags called CFML to enable
back-end ODBC database connectivity as well as data manipulation and validation
within
webpages.
Control Center
A web-based management interface for your Affinity account
and a portal for centralizing your personal and business information. You can
manage your email settings, access and modify account and billing information,
order services, and access website development tools. You can also manage your
personal and business email lists, calendars, address books, and bookmarks.
Cookie
A file that is written to your hard drive when you access
a webpage. Often used to glean information about visitors to the site.
CyberCash
Electronic cash; a way of transferring funds in online
transactions
Daemon
A UNIX program that runs continuously in the background,
until it is activated by a particular event. This word is often used to refer
to programs that handle email.
Data Transfer Rate
The speed at which data can be transferred. Measured in
kilobytes per second for a CD-ROM drive, in bits per second for a modem, and
in megabytes per second for a hard drive.
Dedicated
Belonging to only one user. For example, a dedicated IP
address is a type of account from an ISP where your computer(s) are assigned
the same IP address at all times. A dedicated line is a phone line used only
to connect to the Internet, rather than one shared by a modem and a phone.
Disk Space
The amount of storage space you can use for storing HTML
and graphics files, email messages, programs, scripts and other files that
make up your website
DNS
Domain Name System. A database system that translates
an IP address into a Domain Name. For example, a numeric address like 232.452.120.54
can become something like mycompany.com.
Domain
The name of a company, organization or person's Internet
connection, which then becomes part of their web address. For instance, in
johndoe@abc.com, "abc" is
the domain name.
Download
Transferring a file to your computer from another computer
eCommerce
Electronic Commercel: the use of computers and electronic
communications in business transactions
E-Mail
Electronic mail sent over the Internet
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
FrontPage®
A website creation and management tool from Microsoft
FTP
File transfer protocol. The main method for transferring
files over the Internet.
GB
Giga Byte; 1,024 megabytes or 1 billion characters of
information
GIF
Graphic Image Format. Type of image file.
Gopher
A document retrieval system from the University of Minnesota.
Gopher sites cannot be accessed through the web.
Hit
A visit to a website. Every time someone clicks onto your
website, it is counted as a hit.
Home Page
The first page people should see on your website
Host
A company, like Affinity, that provides the hardware,
software and communications lines for websites "owned" by other people or companies
HTML
HyperText Markup Language. Coding used to format text
for use on the World Wide Web.
HTTP
HyperText Transport Protocol. The transmission standard
used to send HTML documents across the web.
Hyperlink
A link in an HTML document that leads to another World
Wide Website, or another place within the same document
Hypertext
A block of text, usually underlined, or a graphic used
to link documents. When a user clicks on it, he or she is instantly redirected
to another document.
IMAP
Internet Mail (or Message) Access Protocol. Through IMAP
the user can create, delete, or rename mailboxes; get new messages; delete
messages; and perform search functions on mail. A separate protocol is required
for sending
mail.
InterNIC
Internet Network Information Center. A group of three
organizations which together provide services for NSFNet. General Atomics handles
information services, AT&T handles directory and database services, and Network
Solutions, Inc. (NSI) handles registration services. Network addresses and
Domain Names for the Internet are assigned by InterNIC through NSI.
ISP
Internet service provider
IP Address
The Internet Protocol address; a numeric address such
as 123.231.32.2 that the Domain Name server translates into a Domain Name.
Java
A cross-platform programming language from Sun Microsystems
that can be used to create animation and interactive features on webpages
JavaScript
A cross-platform web scripting language from Netscape
Communications, very popular because it is simple and easy to learn
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group. A format for storing
high-quality color and grayscale photographs in bitmap form. JPEG files end
in .jpg.
Link
A pointer in an HTML document that leads to another World
Wide Website, or to another place within the same document; also called a hyperlink.
A link is activated by clicking on it.
MB
Megabyte; 1,048,576 bytes or 1,024 kilobytes. Used to
measure computer memory. Sometimes used to mean 1 million bytes or 1,024,000
bytes (1,000 kilobytes).
Mirror Site
A duplicate of a busy archive site, which is maintained
in order to reduce the load on the source site and to speed up access for users
close to the mirror site
MySQL
A client/server implementation that consists of a server
daemon mysqld and many different client programs and libraries. The main goals
of MySQL are speed, robustness and ease of use.
PERL
A general-purpose programming language
PGP
Pretty Good Privacy. An encryption program that allows
users to exchange files and messages, with both privacy and authentication,
over all kinds of networks. The messages are unreadable unless the receiver
has an
encryption key.
Portal
a gateway to the Internet, which may be a search engine
or directory webpage. Examples are Infoseek, Excite, Yahoo! and Lycos.
Protocol
A set of rules that regulate the way data is transmitted
between computers
Real Time
Occurring immediately
Server
The computer in a client/server architecture that supplies
files or services. The computer that requests services is called the client.
The client may request file transfer, remote logins, printing or other available
services.
Shopping Cart
Shopping cart software acts as an online store's catalog
and ordering process. Typically, it allows consumers to browse the website;
select items for purchase as they browse; review what they have selected;
make necessary
modifications or additions; and purchase the merchandise.
Spam
The electronic equivalent of junk mail
SQL
Structured Query Language (pronounced SQL or Sequel).
A language used to create, maintain and query relational databases. It is an
ISO and ANSI standard. SQL uses regular English words for many of its commands,
which makes it easy to use. It is often embedded within other programming languages.
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer. A protocol from Netscape Communications
Corp. designed to provide secure communications on the Internet.
T1
A telephone line connection for digital transmission that
can handle 24 voice or data channels at 64 kilobits per second, over two twisted
pair wires. T1 lines are used for heavy telephone traffic, or for computer
networks linked directly to the Internet.
T3
A connection made up of 28 T1 carriers, used to transmit
digital signals on fiber-optic cable at 44.736 megabits per second.T3 can handle
672 voice conversations or one video channel. The T3 line has enough bandwidth
to transmit full-motion real-time video, and very large databases over a busy
network.
UNIX
A multi-user, multitasking operating system originally
licensed by AT&T's Bell Laboratories. It was originally designed for minicomputers,
then revised for use on mainframes and personal computers.
Upload
Transferring a file from your computer to another computer
UPS
Uninterruptible Power Supply. A backup power supply that
works when electrical power to the computer is interrupted.
URL
Universal resource locator; a web address, such as www.yourcompany.com,
that connects a computer user to a site
Virtual Hosting
The ability of a single machine to act like multiple systems,
hosting more than one domain
Visitor
A person who views your website; also known as a user
Warez
Software that is illegally made available, for example
on an FTP or Telnet site, by software pirates
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