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Hosting that I
personally recommend
"Below are few hosting companies that I personally recommend. I insist
that you research their web hosting services first and compare with
other host before you decide to sign up. Ask yourself. What the few
main requirements that you are looking for in a host and decide carefully by
comparing the features, price and most importantly, hosting support" -
HostPulse.com Founder, Terence L
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ServerDispatch.com - Price starts at US$159 per month. Generous amount
of hard disk space, control panel features, bandwidth, memory size. The
company offers good server management system. Please research before
purchasing.
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WebsiteSource.com - One of the good
VPS plans I
have tried and tested.
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ExaBytes.com - One of the many hosting
companies in Asia that is worth
researching. One of my hosting plans had its server changed frequently which
I thought there has been interruptions, but service is still available while
under maintenance.
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IpowerWeb.com - Recently, one of the
host that we have
pleasant dealing with. Hosting is affordable, but features may be
limited.
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SingleHop Dedicated
Servers - In the year of 2008, I highly rate this company as one of the
very best dedicated hosting companies around. Technical support staff has
been friendly and it is easy to reach the management if there are any
unsolved problems.
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Hosting Glossary
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Data Mining
A set of techniques for sifting through huge amounts of information held in databases, with the aim of discerning useful trends, facts or associations.
Data Transfer / Allowed Bandwidth
The amount of data that you are allowed to view or download from your web site.
Data Warehouse
A collection of databases combining information from different parts of an organization, generally used in conjunction with data mining techniques. A large retailer's data warehouse, for example, may contain information about customer purchases, supplier deliveries, transport vehicle schedules and new products.
Database
A computerized filing system forming the core of most corporate computer systems. Databases are, on the face of it, simple tools used to store and retrieve information. In reality, they are big and complex programs that are subjected to extreme pressure as the demand for sophisticated analysis of corporate data grows.
Datagram
A form of packet switching in which the packets that make up the conversation do not all traverse the same path through the network, thus improving the robustness and security of the network.
Day Trader
A usually fanatical amateur stockmarket enthusiast who trades from a PC, perhaps as many as 50 times a day.
DBMS / DataBase Management System
A program that lets client programs that access the database free from having to know where the physical data is located.
DCOM / Distributed Component Object Model
DCOM is a set of Microsoft concepts and program interfaces in which client program objects can request services from server program objects on other computers in a network. DCOM is based on COM, which provides a set of interfaces allowing clients and servers to communicate within the same computer (that is running Windows 95 or a later version).
Dedicated Hosting
A hosting feature that allows a Web site to have its own server but doesn't share the server's resources with any other site. The server can usually be configured and operated remotely from the client company. The major benefit is that this allows increased traffic to your sites.
Dedicated server
A dedicated server is when a host provides you your own server on their network. There are no other sites on that server and you have control of the server.
Demon Internet
The first ISP in the UK to offer full dial-up Internet access to consumers.
DES / Data Encryption Standard
A widely used method of data encryption judged so difficult to break by the US government that its export to other countries was prohibited.
DHCP / Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHCP, also stands for "Domain Host Control Protocol". A network server uses this protocol to dynamically assign IP addresses to networked computers. The DHCP server waits for a computer to connect to it, then assigns it an IP address from a master list stored on the server. Using DHCP, managing IP addresses isn't a problem for network administrators.
Digerati
Movers and shakers in the digital world, especially those celebrated in John Brockman's book of the same name.
Digital Signature
A device that uniquely identifies the sender of an electronic message or document, based on public key cryptography. The purpose of a digital signature is to guarantee that senders of such messages really are who they claim to be, an increasingly important concern for businesses considering E-Commerce Strategies.
Digital Wallet
A consumer account set up to allow e-commerce transactions through a particular credit card processing system. Before the consumer can make a purchase, he or she must first establish an account with the credit card processor, who provides an ID and password. These can then be used to make purchases at any web site that supports that transaction system. CyberCash's "Digital Coin" system is an example of a digital wallet system.
Discount Rate
A percentage fee paid to the merchant account provider or ISO for handling an electronic transaction. Most web merchants pay between two and 10 percent of their revenue from online credit card or electronic check orders.
Disintermediation
The process by which producers and consumers are brought closer together, making middlemen redundant. This ugly word, borrowed from the banking world, is especially relevant to Internet technologies which allow their users direct access to information that might otherwise require a mediator.
Disk Space / Web Space
The amount of storage space you are allowed on the server in which you can store the files that make up your web site.
Distributed Computing
Describes a way of using networked computers to work together collaboratively, using the combined power of their processors to perform large or difficult tasks.
DNS / Domain Name System
A system that maps user-friendly computer host and domain names (e.g., www.hostpulse.com) to IP addresses (e.g., 201.123.28.22). Like telephone numbers, IP addresses uniquely identify computers on the Internet for addressing messages.
Domain Name
A name that identifies one or more IP addresses.
Domain Name Parking / Domain Parking
When you get a new domain name, you may not have completed your web site yet. You need to have a place to park your domain name under name servers until you are ready to build your web site.
Domain Pointing
Domain pointing transports the visitors from your registered domain name(s) to your existing website.
Domain Redirects
This points additional domains to subdirectories of a main domain.
Domain, top-level
The right-most part of an Internet address, indicating the type and/or location of a user or system. Ex: In the address tywer@hostpulse.com, .com is the top level domain - a commercial domain in this case and hostpulse.com is the full domain name.
DSL / Digital Subscriber Line
Digital Subscriber Line (or, sometimes, Loop). DSL services are designed to improve bandwidth connections over ordinary copper phone lines.
DSSSL / Document Style Semantics and Specification Language
An ISO standard under preparation, addressing the semantics of high-quality composition in a manner independent of particular formatting systems or processes. DSSSL is intended as a complementary standard to SGML for the specification of semantics.
DTD / Document Type Definition
The definition of a document type in SGML, consisting of a set of markup tags and their interpretation.
