Etiqueta: Web Hosting Glossary

Terms Letter: J JAR Short for Java Archive, a file format used to bundle multiple files into a single archive file. Java Java is a programming language invented by Sun Microsystems. It is expressly designed for use in the distributed environment of the Internet. It was designed to have the…

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Kbps Kilobits per second; a measure of data transfer speed. 1Kbps = 1024bps. Kilobyte (Kb) Approximately one thousand bytes, or exactly 1,024 bytes

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Terms Letter: L LAN Local Area Network. A network connecting computers in a relatively small area such as a building. A LAN can be connected to the internet and can also be configured as an intranet. Leased line A dedicated connection line for the transfer of data. The highest speed…

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Terms Letter: M MAC Media Access Control. A protocol operating at the data link layer used to manage a station’s access to the network. MAC Address Media Access Control address (also hardware or physical address). Unique hardware serial number that uniquely identifies a device on a local area network. Mailing…

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Terms Letter: N Nameserver and DNS(Domain name server) It is a server on the Internet that is responsible to tell your browser the IP address of your domain name. In other words the Nameserver tells a computer where to look for a given site. For example when you change hosting…

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Terms Letter: O OC-1, OC-3, OC-12, OC-24, OC-48 Optical Carrier transmission speeds, used in fiber optic networks conforming to SONET standard. OC-1 is 51.85 Mbps. Higher levels are multiples of that speed. ODBC Open DataBase Connectivity – A Microsoft standard for accessing different database systems from Windows, for instance Oracle…

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Terms Letter: P Page In contexts of Internet it is a basic HTML document. Web sites usually have many web pages. PAP Password Authentication Protocol. Authentication protocol that allows PPP peers to authenticate one another. Peer-to-Peer network A network in which there are no dedicated servers or hierarchy among the…

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Terms Letter: R RAID Redundant arrays of independent disks. A disk system with RAID capability can protect its data and provide on-line, immediate access to its data, despite a single (some RAID storage systems can withstand two concurrent disk failures) disk failure. Raw Logs Raw logs contain the records for…

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Terms Letter: S S/MIME Secure Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extension (S/MIME) is a specification for encrypting and authenticating MIME data. It is a way of making email messages more secure. Scripting Language A programming language designed specifically for Web site programming. Examples are PHP, Perl, Java Script, VBScript, ETC Search engine…

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Terms Letter: T T1 A high-speed digital connection capable of transmitting data at a rate of approximately 1.5 million bits per second. A T1 line is typically used by small and medium-sized companies with heavy network traffic. T3 This connection (sometimes referred to as a DS3 line) is made up…

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