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Attachments
Attachments are separate files that are sent or received along with your e-mail messages. It can...
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Autoresponders
When a message is sent to the e-mail address with an active autoresponder, the message is...
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Bandwidth
Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data that can be transferred in a given time, usually...
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Catch All and Default Email Address
A Catch-All E-mail address accepts and delivers any message not addressed to a specific e-mailbox...
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CGI Bin
A directory on the server where the executable CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts reside.
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Cookie
Cookies are tracking software, placed in a file on your computer’s hard disk, that...
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Copy
Copy is the written, typed or printed words that make up the content of your Web site, newspaper,...
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Counter
A Counter shows you how many page views or hits occurred on a certain Web page on your Web site.
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Country-Specific Domain Names (ccTLDs)
Country code domain extensions represent a specific country. ccTLDs allow you to create an...
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Data Transfer
Data Transfer is the amount of data transmitted over an Internet connection in a given...
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Domain Names
A domain name is a unique name that identifies a website. A user accesses a site through a...
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Email
E-mail is short for electronic mail. It consists of messages, often just text, sent from one user...
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Email Address
This refers to an electronic mailing address to which e-mail may be sent and received.
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Email Alias
Aliases are additional, disposable incoming e-mailbox addresses that you can create for special...
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Firewall
A firewall is a combination hardware and software buffer that many companies put in place...
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Form Mail Scripts
Form Mail scripts let you create forms to place on your Web site that users can fill out. All...
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) allows you to upload files to your Web site from your computer....
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FTP Accounts
File Transfer Protocol is the method of transferring files between two computers and a method of...
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Login Name
A login name is the account name used to access a computer system. Also called user ID or user...
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Mailing List
A mailing list is a way of having a group discussion by electronic mail or distributing...
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Modem
Short for Modulator/Demodulator, a modem is a device that allows remote computers to...
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MySQL
MySQL is most commonly used for Web applications and for embedded applications and has become a...
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Password Protected Directorys
For additional security you can create passwords on all directories for your Web site content.
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Perl
Short for Practical Extraction and Report Language, Perl is a programming language with strong...
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PHP
A server-side, HTML-embedded, open source scripting language used to create dynamic Web...
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Post Office Protocol (POP, POP2 or POP3)
POP is a process that transfers your e-mail messages from our servers to your...
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Script
A script is a type of program that consists of a set of instructions for another application or...
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Search Engine
A tool allowing users to search for information on the Internet using key words and phrases....
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Search Engine Submission
This includes the submission of your Web site to search engines and a complete analysis of your...
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SMTP
Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) is a protocol used in sending and receiving e-mail....
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SPAM and SPAM Filter
While originally used to refer to e-mail that was sent without explicit permission from the...
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SSI (Server Side Includes)
A type of HTML comment that directs the Web server to dynamically generate data for the Web page...
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SSL Certificate
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, which is the standard security technology for creating an...
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Upgrade
An upgrade is an improvement to your existing website package. By upgrading you usually get...
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URL
An acronym for Uniform Resource Locator, a URL is the address for a resource or site (usually a...
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Web Hosting
Web hosting is a service provide by webhost to the web users for storing any type of data like...
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Web Mail
Web Mail allows you to access your e-mail account from anywhere using a Web browser. You should...
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Web Page
A Web page is a document created with HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) that is part of a group...
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Web Space
Your Web space (or data storage) consists of HTML files, graphics, audio clips, e-mail, and all...
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WWW (World Wide Web)
You can think of the Web as a worldwide collection of text and multimedia files and other...
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