Glossary

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10' server racks:
A rack which holds servers and is 10 feet high.
99.99% Uptime:
We guarantee that your site will be operational 99.99% of the time.
ASP:
A language for creating dynamic applications. ASP can stand for Application Service Provider or Active Server Pages. An Application Service Provider offers access to applications and related services on a rental basis via the Internet.
AbleCommerce:
AbleCommerce lets you rapidly produce protected high quality online storefront.
Anonymous FTP:
Allows anonymous access to an FTP server (See FTP).
ASP DotNet:
ASP.NET is a set of technologies in the Microsoft .NET Framework for building Web applications and XML Web Services. ASP.NET pages execute on the server and generate markup such as HTML, WML or XML that is sent to a desktop or mobile browser. ASP.NET pages use a compiled, event-driven programming model that improves performance and enables the separation of application logic and user interface. ASP.NET pages and ASP.NET XML Web Services files contain server-side logic (as opposed to client side logic) written in Visual Basic .NET, C# .NET, or any .NET compatible language. Web applications and XML Web Services take advantage of the features of the common language runtime. IE type safety, inheritance, language interoperability, versioning, and integrated security.
Authentix:
Authentix is a basic verification website protection. It keeps your users name and passwords confidential.
Auto Responder:
A program that responds automatically to incoming e-mail.
Bash:
Bash is the "Born-Again-Shell". Primarily available on UNIX system.
CGI:
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a typical way for a Web server to pass a user's demand to an application program and to return the results.
Control Panel:
The web interface that gives you administration rights to manage the users' whole account. Click here for a demo.
Cooling System Backup:
The secondary outlay of cooling when the primary fails.
Cold Fusion 3.5 4.5, and 5.0:
Cold Fusion is at present a dominant milieu for Web-based database applications. Cold fusion can run on Windows NT, Unix and Linux environments. In addition you can control information in SQL or Access databases.
CSH:
C Shell. Originated from the original BSD shell. It has lots of enhancement, such as job control and command history. In addition it has a log out configuration file.
CyberCash:
Is an Internet transaction exchange for the internet. It allows for online payment methods. Now owned by VeriSign.
Data Transfer:
The movement of data from one point to another on a network.
Diesel Generator:
Diesel generators are used as electricity backups in case of electrical failure.
Disk Storage:
The amount of actual Hard Drive space that your site takes up,i ncluding stored e-mails, HTML files, Databases, and log files.
DNS:
A database system that translates an IP address into a domain name.
Domain Registration:
The process/service of registering a domain.
Domain Pointers:
A domain referencing another domain. This can allow multiple domains to point to the same website.
E-mail:
Electronic mail.
E-mail Aliasing:
A service which allows multiple e-mail accounts to point to a single e-mail account.
E-mail Control Panel:
The "web interface" that allows full control for setting up e-mail accounts.
E-mail Forwarding:
A process of forwarding email from one account to another.
E-mail accounts:
An identifier for a user to send & receive email.
Error Log:
A text file where error messages are stored.
Ethernet Card:
Also known as a NIC (Network Interface Card). Allows a computer to be connected to a network.
Flash:
A program designed for graphic animation. A file format transporting interactive vector graphics and animations over the World Wide Web. In addition Flash is bandwidth friendly.
FreeBSD:
Berkeley Software Design. FreeBSD is a superior operating system for Intel ia32 compatible, DEC Alpha, and PC-98, architectures.
FTP:
File Transfer Protocol. The protocol used to transfer files over the internet.
Host:
Usually meant as a synonym for either 'computer' or 'IP address'.
Hostname:
A name which can be resolved (using a DNS) into an IP Address.
Intel:
A major manufacturer of computer chips.
IP Address:
Internet Protocol Address.
Java:
A high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems.
Java Development Kit (JDK):
Java Development Kit enables you to write Java applets that conforms to the latest applet API for Java.
KSH:
Korn Shell is an interactive command language that provides access to the UNIX system and to many other systems on many different nodes on which it is implemented.
Linux:
A free operating system where improvement is freely accepted, yet credited. Originally developed by Linus Torvalds.
Mailing List:
A list of e-mail addresses to which periodic e-mail may be sent.
Meet-Point-Room:
A room where all the carriers terminate their connections in our datacenter.
Microsoft FrontPage Extensions:
Front Page Web Hosting permits Microsoft FrontPage Extensions that provides Web designers of different skill the skill to create intranet and Internet sites with simplicity.
Microsoft Netshow, Window Media:
Software used for Microsoft specific video/audio applications that require media lay out.
MIME:
Short for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. A requirement for designing non ASC messages so they can be transferred over the internet.
Miva Merchant:
Miva Merchant is a "dynamic" browser-based storefro
nt growth and management system that allows clients to create many online stores. It can be operated from anywhere the internet is available.
Modem:
A piece of hardware that allows the computer to connect to a network via a phone line.
Monthly Fee:
Price per month.
MS Access Database:
Reasonably priced database software developed by the Microsoft Corporation that is powerful enough to handle the smaller clients' data without the expensive licensing.
MS Frontpage2000:
HTML editor produced by Microsoft.
MS Index Server:
A Microsoft Index Server's purpose is to permit Web searching on corporate intranets and Internet sites.
MSQL:
An Open Source Software relational database management system which employs a subset of ANSI SQL or Structured Query Language (Mini SQL).
MSSQL 7.0 and 2000:
A relational database produced by Microsoft.
MSSQL 7.0 and 6.5:
Microsoft's more conventional database software.
MS Visual InterDev 6.0 and 7.0:
A web application development platform produced by Microsoft.
MySQL:
An open source relational database management system that uses Structured Query Language (SQL).
Name Server:
A machine on the network, which allows you to resolve hostnames into IP addresses.
Network router:
A piece of equipment connecting local access networks.
Novell:
A server grade operating system platform.
'One-Click' software packages
Included for all virtual hosting packages, this facility allow you to install a wide variety of software packages directly from your HSphere Control Panel.
One-Time Set up Fee:
Price incurred in one sum payment intended for the set up.
One Year Domain Registration:
The actual registration, or recording of you domain for one year.
Open Database Connectivity:
(ODBC) is an open standard application programming interface (API) for accessing a database.
Password Protection:
The ability to protect an object using a password.
PaymentNet:
A high performance method of processing merchants' need by allowing online transaction.
Perl:
Perl is a high-level programming language with an eclectic heritage.
PHP:
PHP(Hypertext Preprocessor) is an open-source, server-side scripting language for creating dynamic Web pages.
POP3:
(Post Office Protocol 3) is the most recent version of a standard protocol for receiving e-mail. E-mail is received and detained for you by your Internet server.
PostgreSQL Database:
An extremely powerful Open Source Relational Database.
Pre-installed CGI scripts:
A standard for management programs on a server from a Web page.
Private Label:
A full solution including branded DNS, to run your own Internet Service Provider. Very popular with resellers who want to be their own solutions provider, but who do not want the problems of handling the technological aspect or hiring the manpower to run it.
Private Label DNS:
Domain Name Servers that are marked with your domain name as the primary and secondary domain name.
QuickTime:
Produced by Apple Computer. QuickTime is a video encoding technology.
RAID:
Acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. An array of disk drives that utilize two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance and performance.
RAID 0:
Utilizes a data striping method by splitting information amongst the array of drives, but offers no redundancy although it does improve performance.
RAID 1:
This provides mirroring of data across the system and offers minor redundancy.
RAID 5:
Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripes error correction information. This is the best out of any RAID solution for data recovery. It requires a minimum of 3 hard-drives, and at least 1 online spare.
Raw Log Files:
A text format file where critical log data is stored.
Real Audio/Video:
A Transport Protocol used for transmitting data such as audio and video from server to a user.
Real Media:
A type of file which you can download and view.
Server Side Includes (SSI):
Commands that are placed in HTML pages, and checked on the server at the same time as the pages are being served.
Shockwave:
Developed by Macromedia. Allows web page to include multimedia objects such as animation.
Shopping Cart:
A piece of software which facilitates online purchasing.
Solaris:
A Unix-based operating system developed by Sun Microsystems. Originally developed to run on Sun's SPARC workstations, Solaris now runs on many workstations from other vendors.
SSL:
The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol for encrypting a message transmission on the Internet.
Static IP:
Is an assigned IP Address that does not change.
Statistics:
Raw logs files establishing the amount of hits that were incurred on a site.
Storage:
The capacity of a device to hold and retain data.
Sub-Domains:
A third level can be defined to identify a particular host server at the Internet address.
Sun Servers:
Servers producers by Sun Microsystems.
Tape Back-Up:
Files and data recovery solution. Tapes are used to store data.
TCSH:
TCSH is a command language interpreter. TCSH is used for an interactive login shell, and a shell script command processor.
TLD:
Top-level domain which refers to the suffix attached to Internet domain names. There are a limited number of predefined suffixes, and each one represents a top-level domain. Examples of top-level domains include: .COM .NET .ORG .CA .INF .BIZ .US .NAME .CO .UK .TV .CC
Traffic:
The amount of data to pass though a specific location or transport.
Twenty Four Hour Support:
Support is available 24 hours a day.
UPS:
Short for Uninterrupted Power Supply. Aids in the continuous flow of power.
Video Streaming:
A method for transferring video such that it can be processed as a firm and continuous stream. With streaming, the client can start presenting the data before the whole file has been transmitted.
VB Script:
A scripting language developed by Microsoft.
Web Mail:
An interface that accesses your e-mail from a web browser to anywhere in the world.
Web Page Statistics:
Statistics are the requests for files that people have requested from a Web site.
Web Site Backup:
Data back-up solution. All back-ups are usually backed up to tape.
Website Builder:
Software that permits you to build your web site online.
Web Site Control Panel:
Control Panel is a clever applet that permits you to easily configure which programs run when your computer starts. Click here for a demo.
Web Statistics:
The raw data collected from visitor visiting your web site.
Windows 2000:
One of the window operating systems produced by Microsoft
Windows NT:
One of the window operating systems produced by Microsoft. Windows NT supports preemptive multitasking.

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Wordpress v2.1.2 "WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. What a mouthful. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time." Webhosting.net also includes by default 30-plus templates and a few basic plugins for you to choose from. Home Page
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Serendipity Weblog System Serendipity is a PHP-powered weblog application which gives the user an easy way to maintain an online diary, weblog or even a complete homepage. While the default package is designed for the casual blogger, Serendipity offers a flexible, expandable and easy-to-use framework with the power for professional applications." Home Page
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b2evolution b2evolution is probably the most comprehensive blog engine you can find! It includes almost any feature you could expect from a blog tool, and more! Home Page
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FeedOnFeeds FEED ON FEEDS, your server side personal RSS (and Atom!) aggregator. Home Page
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CMS & Portals
e107 e107 is a content management system written in php and using the popular open source mySQL data base system for content storage. It's completely free and totally customizable, and in constant development. Home Page
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Mambo CMS Mambo Open Source is the finest open source Web Content Management System available today. Mambo Open Source makes communicating via the Web easy Home Page
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phpNuke PHP Nuke - open source professional portal system. Home Page
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PHP Wiki A WikiWikiWeb is a web site where anyone can edit the pages through an HTML form. Linking is done automatically on the server side; all pages are stored in a database. Home Page
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vtiger vtiger CRM is an Open Source CRM software mainly for small and medium businesses. vtiger CRM is built over proven, fast, and reliable LAMP/WAMP (Linux/Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) technologies and other open source projects. Home Page
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Xoops XOOPS is an extensible, OO (Object Oriented), easy to use dynamic web content management system written in PHP. XOOPS is the ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more. Home Page
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Forums
phpBB2 phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable Open Source bulletin board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward administration panel, and helpful FAQ. Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all websites. Home Page
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SM Forum SMF is a next-generation community software package and is jam-packed with features, while at the same time having a minimal impact on resources. Home Page
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XMB Forum XMB is a fully scalable, highly customizable Open Source message board software. XMB has a user-friendly interface, simple set up, stable performance, and tons of features. Based on the powerful PHP language and the MySQL database, XMB is a very powerful combination, suitable to everyone's needs. Home Page
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E-Commerce
CubeCart CubeCart is an eCommerce script written with PHP & MySQL. With CubeCart you can setup a powerful online store as long as you have hosting supporting PHP and one MySQL database. CubeCart is under a Commercial License Home Page
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osCommerce2 osCommerce is an online shop e-commerce solution under on going development by the open source community. Its feature packed out-of-the-box installation allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with absolutely no costs or license fees involved. Home Page
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phpAdsNew phpAdsNew is an open-source ad server, with an integrated banner management interface and tracking system for gathering statistics. With phpAdsNew you can easily rotate paid banners and your own in-house advertisements. You can even integrate banners from third party advertising companies. Home Page
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phpCoin A free software package originally designed for web-hosting resellers to handle clients, orders, invoices, notes and helpdesk, but no longer limited to hosting resellers. phpCoin is under a Commercial License Home Page
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SugarCRM SugarCRM is a suite of business automation tools for managing your marketing, sales and customer service operations. From leads to contacts, opportunities to cases, the Sugar Suite helps you track and gain insight into your customers. Home Page
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Support Systems
CS Live Helper A multi-user, multi-operator, multi-department live Help support chat system that allows the operators of the websites to monitor their visitors as they are browsing the site and proactively open a chat session with the visitor. Home Page
helpCenterLive Help Center Live is a 'Live' help desk system written in PHP using a MySql database backend that features Live Support, Trouble Tickets and FAQ within one project. Home Page
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phpMyChat phpMyChat is an easy-to-use multi-room chat based on PHP and a database. Home Page
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phpMyFAQ phpMyFAQ is a multilingual, completely database-driven FAQ-system. For the time being a MySQL database (support for other databases is under development) is used to store all data, PHP 4.1.0 (or higher) is needed in order to access this data. phpMyFAQ also offers a Content Management-System, flexible multi-user support, a news-system, user-tracking, language modules, templates, extensive XML-support, PDF-support, a backup-system and an easy to use installation script. Home Page
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Galleries
Coppermine Photo Gallery Coppermine Photo Gallery is a picture gallery script. Users can upload pictures with a web browser (thumbnails are created on the fly), rate pictures, add comments and send e-cards. The admins can manage the galleries and batch add pictures that have been uploaded on the server by FTP. Support for multimedia files has been added recently. Home Page
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Gallery Gallery is a web based software product that lets you manage your photos on your own website. You must have your own website with PHP support in order to install and use it. With Gallery you can easily create and maintain albums of photos via an intuitive interface. Photo management includes automatic thumbnail creation, image resizing, rotation, ordering, captioning, searching and more. Albums can have read, write and caption permissions per individual authenticated user for an additional level of privacy. Home Page
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Misc.
DokuWiki DokuWiki is a simple to use Wiki aimed at a small companies documentation needs. It works on plain texts files and thus needs no database. It has a simple but powerful Syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki. Home Page
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FormMail You can use our PHP FormMail as a simple replacement of another FormMail script or Form Processor, or you can use its powerful new options to make your HTML forms even more useful. Home Page
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phpESP PHP scripts to let non-technical users create surveys, administer surveys, gather results, view statistics. All managed online after database initialization. MySQL database backend. Home Page
phpMyCounter phpMyCounter is an easy to use, yet sophisticated counter. Home Page
PHProjekt PHProjekt is a modular application for the coordination of group activities and to share informations and document via intranet and internet. Home Page
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Advanced Poll Advanced Poll is a polling system with powerful administration tool.It features: multiple polls, templates, unlimited options, multi-language support, IP-Logging, IP-Locking,cookie support, comment feature, vote expire feature,random poll support and more. Home Page
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SiteBar Access and manage your private, shared or public bookmarks from any computer and browser connected to the Internet! Create personal, family, team, company or enterprise-wide bookmarks with flexible access rules, permissions and customizable design! Home Page
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sRecommender This php Site Recommendation script will allow your visitors to enter their contact information and recommend your site to as many recipients as you specify (only one required). The default messages are easily modified. Look and feel is customizable via the stylesheet. You can choose to be notified when your site has been recommended...notification will show recipient(s) AND the message. Email addresses are hidden so they will not be harvested by spammers. Also contains error checking and validation and does not require database access. Home Page
WebCalendar WebCalendar is a PHP-based calendar application that can be configured as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar for groups of users, or as an event calendar viewable by visitors. Home Page
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Web Cards This project enables a Webmaster to add an "e-card" system to their website. The Webmaster can upload images for the user to put on their e-cards. He then has full control to add/edit/delete any of the pictures. The system includes a full administration control panel including ability to ban by email address and IP address, edit messages sent to recipients of a WebCard, template/CSS editor, ability to add/remove/edit further administrators and an admin toolbox for various maintenance tasks. The "send WebCard" page features the ability to filter images by category and will also verify email addresses. The system outputs friendly error messages and instructions on how to remedy the situation. A full installer is also included. Home Page
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