| ActiveX - ActiveX, Microsoft's equivalent to Java, a programming language designed to run over the Internet. For more information: http://microsoft.com/activex.
Applet - A program designed to be downloaded over a network and launched on a user's computer.
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange. ASCII is a method of representing text and other characters as numbers that makes it possible to transmit data from one computer to another over a network.
ASP - Active Server Pages: A scripting environment for Microsoft IIS in which you can combine HTML, scripts, and reusable ActiveX server components to create dynamic web pages. ASP uses the ActiveX scripting engine, which supports VBScript or Jscript. For more information, search for ASP at Microsoft Developers Network at http://msdn.microsoft.com.
Backup - To copy files to a second medium (disk or tape) as a precaution in case the first medium fails.
Bandwidth - A measurement of the amount of information that is transmitted over a network at a given time.
Browser - A program that allows users to view web pages. For example: Internet Explorer and Netscape.
Catch all E-mail Address - Normally, any e-mails that are addressed to your domain name but does not exist are bounced back to the sender as "message undeliverable." This may be how you want your account set up. However, with the catch all e-mail feature, any incoming e-mails that go to your account where the user name does not exist, can be forwarded to another e-mail address that you specify. Therefore, if you set up the catch all e-mail feature, then you will receive ALL incoming e-mail - regardless of who it is sent to.
CGI - Common Gateway Interface: An environment that allows programs/scripts to run on a web server. CGI scripts are used on web sites to add interactivity. For example, using CGI scripts, submitted web forms can e-mail the content to the Webmaster.
Control Panel - A password-protected web-based account management interface.
CPU - Central Processing Unit. The CPU is the brains of the computer where most of the calculations occur to maintain computer operation and run special applications.
Disk space - The amount of hard disk storage space to store HTML, graphic files, scripts and other files that make up your web site.
DNS - Domain Name Server or Domain Name System: A distributed, replicated, data query service chiefly used on the Internet for translating host names/domain names into IP addresses.
Domain Name - A unique series of alphanumeric characters separated by periods, in the form of domain.com that is an address of a computer network connection.
Domain Registrar - A company that is accredited by ICANN to license domain names. For example, Network Solutions, Melbourne IT, and Register.com.
DOS Attack - Denial of Service attack. A method of attacking a server by sending an abnormally high volume of requests over a network, which essentially slows down the performance of a server, such that the server is unavailable for any users.
Download - The act of transferring a data file from another computer to another computer over a network.
DS3 - Digital Signal 3 or Data Service Level 3 is a high-bandwidth "pipe" connection to the Internet operating at speeds 44.736 megabits per second. DS3 technology is used for T3 lines.
E-mail - Electronic mail: The transmission of messages over a communications network.
E-mail Alias - See E-mail Forwarding
E-mail Forwarding - Forwards e-mail sent to one e-mail address to be forwarded to another specified e-mail address. Also known as: E-mail Alias.
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Flash - A bandwidth-friendly vector-graphic animation technology. For more information: http://macromedia.com/software/flash.
Front Page - A WYSIWYG web site creation and management tool from Microsoft. For more information: http://microsoft.com/frontpage.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol is a communications protocol used to transfer files from one computer to another over a network.
GB - Gigabyte = 1,024 megabytes = 1,073,741,824 bytes
GIF - Graphics Interchange Format is a bit-mapped, compressed graphics file format that is a standard for displaying images on the web. Image files are typically saved as image name.gif.
Home Page - The first web page that a user will see for a web site.
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language. Code used to format web pages for use on the World Wide Web.
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol: They underlying protocol that defines how content is transmitted through the web.
Hyper link - A click able element in a web page that, when clicked, transports the user to another web site, another page within the same web site, or allows the user to download a file. Also known as, link.
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers: A non-profit corporation formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions. See http://www.icann.org.
IIS - Internet Information Server: A Microsoft product that includes their web server and FTP server for Windows NT/2000. For more information: http://microsoft.com/iis.
IP Address - Internet Protocol addresses are numeric addresses, such as 123.323.23.1, that specifies the location of a particular networked server.
ISP - Internet Service Provider: A company that provides access to the Internet, typically for a monthly fee.
Java - A cross-platform programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. For more information: http://www.sun.com/java.
Java Applet - An Applet written in the Java programming language that can be downloaded over a network and executed on a user's computer.
JavaScript - A scripting language developed by Netscape to allow designers to add interactivity to their web sites. JavaScript can interact with HTML code to enable dynamic content. For more information: http://javascript.com.
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group. A compression technique for color images which has become a standard for displaying images on the web. JPEG files are typically saved as image file.jpg
Jscript - Microsoft scripting language similar to JavaScript. Implemented as a Windows Script engine, can be used for Active Server Pages. For more information, search for Jscript at the Microsoft Developers Network: http://msdn.microsoft.com.
Link - See hyper link
MB - Megabyte = 1,048,576 bytes. A unit of computer memory, data storage capacity, or data.
MCSE - Microsoft Certified System Engineer: A qualification obtained by completing Microsoft's system engineer certification course. See http://microsoft.com/mcse.
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Megabits - A unit of data equal to 1,048,576 bits.
Microprocessor - A silicon ship that contains a CPU. Often time, the term 'microprocessor' is used interchangeably with CPU.
NT Server - New Technology Server: A Microsoft product. A 32-bit operating system. For more information: http://microsoft.com/ntserver.
OC12 - An Optical Carrier 12 is a high-bandwidth "pipe" connection to the Internet operating at speeds 12 x 51.84 = 622.08 megabits per second. Equivalent to approximately 14 T3s.
PC - Personal Computer. In recent years, the term PC is used to describe personal computers based on an Intel or Intel-compatible microprocessor.
PERL - Practical Extraction and Report Language. PERL is a programming language, with strong capability to process text. It has become one of the most popular programming languages for writing CGI scripts.
PHP - A server-side, HTML-embedded, open source scripting language used to create dynamic web pages. For more information: http://php.net.
POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3: A standard protocol used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server.
Protocol - A set of rules that regulate the way data is transmitted between computers over a network.
Server - A computer on a network that manages network resources. For example, a web server is a computer that processes requests for HTML and other components of web pages.
Shock wave - Technology developed by Macromedia that enables web pages to include multimedia objects. For more information: http://macromedia.com/shockwave.
Spam - The electronic equivalent of junk postal mail.
SSI - Server Side Include is a type of HTML comment that directs the web server dynamically generate data for the web page. SSIs can also be used to execute programs and insert the results into a web page. Web pages that contain SSIs often end with the .shtml extension.
SSL - Secure Sockets Layer: A protocol to provide encrypted communications on the Internet.
Streaming Media - A technique for transferring data such that it can be downloaded and processed in a continuous stream rather than waiting until the entire file is downloaded. This technique is increasing in importance for audio and multimedia, as users are increasingly impatient to have to wait until a file is completely downloaded in order to view.
T1 - A telephone line connection for digital transmission that can handle 24 voice or data channels at 64 kilobits per second.
T3 - A medium used to transmit a DS3 formatted digital signal at 44.736 megabits per second. A T3 can handle 672 voice conversations and is equivalent to 28 T1 carriers.
Telnet - A terminal emulation program that allows users to remotely access a server on a network. Commands entered through Telnet are executed on the remote server as if your were entering the commands directly on the server console.
Upload - The act of transferring a data file from one computer to another computer over a network.
UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply: A battery-powered power supply that is guaranteed to provide power to a computer in the event of interruptions in electrical power.
URL - Universal Resource Locator: A web address. For example: The URL for this web page is: http://my.winsave.com/faqs/glossary.htm.
VBScript - Visual BASIC Script: Microsoft's scripting language, which is an extension of their Visual Basic language. VBScript can be embedded in web pages. For more information, search for VBScript at Microsoft Developers Network at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/.
Virus - A program or piece of code that is maliciously designed to be loaded onto a computer without the users knowledge. A virus often replicates and can attach itself to documents, e-mail itself to a stored contact list, or transmit itself across networks and bypass security systems.
Visual Basic - A Microsoft programming language based on the BASIC language, which allows a programmer to develop programs using a graphical drop and drag environment. For more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic.
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium, an international consortium that develops open standards for web. For more information: http://www.w3.org.
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Worm - A type of virus that can replicate itself over a computer network, usually performing malicious actions, such as using up computer resources and possibly shutting the system down.
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get: A description of software that allows a programer to visually view a file in the manner in which a user would see the file, instead of viewing a file in its raw code format.
XML - Extensible Markup Language: A standard proposed by the W3C, this language is designed to allow designers to create customized tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications and between different organizations. For more information on XML: http://xml.com. Also, visit Microsoft Developers Network at http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml. | |
