Basic Terminologies

 

Hosting:

Web Hosting is a service provided by a vendor which offers a physical location for the storage of web pages and files. Basically, Web Hosting companies are the landlord of that physical space.This physical space can be given on rent to customers allowing web pages to be viewed on the Internet.

Windows hosting:

Windows hosting is a service of hosting a website over a Microsoft Windows Server. We run powerful Windows Server 2008 with stability and wide feature set. Plesk Panel is used under Windows Hosting.

Linux Hosting:

Linux hosting is web hosting ran by servers with Linux Installed. We run CentOS Linux Servers.Linux Servers are known for their value, stability and wide feature set.  Control Panel (cPanel) is widely used in Linux Hosting.

Domain Name:

Domain Name is your online identity that allows users from all over the world to find and browse your website at any time through Internet. It is used to identify one or more IP addresses as these addresses are difficult to learn.

As Domain Names are easy to memorize which provide a system that translate DNS to numeric address used by network.

Subdomain:

A subdomain is a second website, with its particular content, but there is no new domain name required. For example abc.com is the main domain and mail.abc.com is it’s subdomain.

Addon Domain:

An addon domain is a fully functional domain that can be created from within your control panel. It means one can configure an additional domain in single cPanel according to their hosting plan.

Parked Domain:

A Parked Domain is a domain name that points to your main Website on your account. For example abc.com is main website, abc.net is parked domain so that if the visitor types abc.net would see the same Website as if he had typed abc.com. Mainly it’s use is for advertising purpose.

A Record:

These are used to translate domain names into IP addresses.

AAAA Record:

The IPv6 Address Record is a much larger address space than that of IPv4 Address Record. Addresses in IPv6 Address Records are 128 bits long while those in IPv4 Address Records are 32 bits long.

CNAME:

Canonical name (CNAME) is a record in the DNS database that indicates the true host name of a computer associated with its aliases. It is essential when running multiple services from a single IP address. A canonical name is a properly denoted host name of computers or a network server.

SSL:

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is a standard security technology used for establishing an encrypted link between a web server (website) and a browser.When you are using SSL Certificate the important information becomes unreadable to everyone except for the concerned recipient. This will protects from Hackers also.  

Web Server:

The term Web Server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the Internet. The most common use of Web Servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage or running enterprise applications.

HTTP:

HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol that provides a standard for Web browsers and Servers to communicate. It is used to fetch and transmit the requested Web page.

HTTPS:

HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure is a communication protocol for secure communication over a computer network, with especially wide deployment on the Internet. HTTPS creates a solid channel over an insecure network which ensures protection from eavesdroppers.

IP address:

Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network for communication. An IP address is numeric address written as a set of four number separated by dots. This address provides a unique identification of a computer and the network it belongs to.

URL:

Uniform Resource Locator abbreviated as URL is a formatted text string which is used by Web browsers, email clients and other software to identify a network resource on Internet. Network Resources are files that can be plain Web pages, text documents, graphics or programs.

DNS:

Domain Name System is a system of mapping names to IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they're easier for humans to remember. The Internet, however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, DNS translates the name into the corresponding IP address.

FTP:

File Transfer Protocol that allows the transfer of one or more files from one computer to another across the Internet. Usually from a personal computer to a Server or vice versa.

MX Record:

Mail Exchanger entry tells a client which server receives mail sent to a domain name. It has a Preference number, indicating the order in which the email server should be used. Email servers will attempt to deliver email to the server with the lowest preference number first, and if unsuccessful continue with the next lowest and so on.

Email:

Email stands for Electronic Mail. Email is a method of exchanging messages from an author to one or more recipients. It is now an integral part of business as well as personal communication.

POP3/IMAP:  

Post Office Protocol is an Internet standard protocol used to retrieve email from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection .Its design assumes that the email client downloads all available email from the server, deletes them from the server and disconnects. POP3 normally uses port 110.

Internet Message Access Protocol is a protocol for email retrieval and storage. IMAP shares many similar features with POP3 but main difference is POP3 downloads email locally and in IMAP mails stored on the mail server. IMAP normally uses port 143. The IMAP protocol is designed to let users keep their email on the server.

SMTP:

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is an Internet standard for electronic mail transmission across IP networks. It is used when email is delivered from an email client, such as Outlook Express, to an email server or when email is delivered from one email server to another. SMTP uses port 25.

Bandwidth:

Bandwidth is the amount of data transferred to or from the website or server within a prescribed period of time, for example bandwidth consumption accumulated over a month measured in gigabytes per month. The more accurate term used for this meaning of a maximum amount of data transfer each month or given period is monthly data transfer.

Disk Space:

It is the total physical amount of hard drive space a host allows a user to have. Disk space units are commonly measured in large numbers of bytes, such as kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes, with each unit 1024 times larger than the previous unit.

Dedicated Server:

A dedicated server is a type of Internet hosting in which the client lease an entire server not shared with anyone else. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server, including choice of operating system, hardware etc.

 

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