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Hosting Glossary
PHP
HTML 4.01
CSS 2.0
Core Javascript 1.5
XHTML 1.0
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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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SCO / Santa Cruz Operation
The Santa Cruz Operation, a leading supplier of UNIX systems for systems based on Intel microprocessors. Suppliers of Xenix and Open Desktop.
Script
A simple program or sequence of instructions that is carried out by another program. All sorts of programs use scripts as a way of automating procedures or carrying out simple tasks.
SDMI / Secure Digital Music Initiative
A scheme developed by a consortium of music industry heavyweights and technology companies to prevent the piracy of music on the Internet.
Search Engine
Software that find things on the Internet, usually a dedicated website. One way or another, most Web users eventually find their way to one of the big names such as Altavista or Yahoo, because, though far from perfect, they are the only way of finding information in the vastness of the Internet.
Secure Server
Secure Server is a web server or other computers connected to the Internet that is capable of establishing encrypted communication with clients, generally using SSL or SET.
Security
A condition that results from the establishment and maintenance of protective measures that ensure a state of inviolability from hostile acts or influences. With respect to classified matter, the condition that prevents unauthorized persons from having access to official information that is safeguarded in the interests of national security.
Sendmail
The Unix implementation of the SMTP protocol, used to deliver E-mail.
Server
In a client-server model, the server provides services to another program or client.
Server Farm
A group of computers configured as servers gathered together in a single location.
Servlet
A small Java program that runs on a server; in essence, the server equivalent of an Applet.
SET / Secure Electronic Transaction
A secure payment protocol developed by MasterCard and Visa designed to ensure security for bank card transactions over the Internet. It denies merchants access to credit card information, thus keeping it secure between the shopper and the bank.
SET Mark
Logo assuring that the software being used has been certified for facilitation of SET transactions.
SETI / Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence
This is a "passive" search in that we are listening for signals. This does not presently involve the "active" means of transmitting, be it in the microwave or optical regime. If we transmit such a signal, the activity would then be called "CETI" -Communications with ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence. It should make no preconceived assumptions about what constitutes the best part of the electromagnetic spectrum for such means of signaling.
Setup Fees
Fees that are charged for establishing a merchant account, including application fees, software licensing fees, and equipment purchases.
SGML / Standard Generalised Markup Language
A generic markup language for representing documents. SGML is a system for defining structured document types, and markup languages to represent instances of those document types.
Shared Hosting / Shared Web Hosting
Shared Hosting allows you to host your website using your own domain name, on a server you share with other users who will also share the server's resources.
Shell
A Unix term for the "outer" user-access level (command line) to the inner functions (the "kernel") of the operating system, it is now used to apply to almost any command line interface with a program. A modem dial-in account in text-only mode on a Unix Internet server is referred to as a "shell account" because commands (for email or Internet file transfers, for example) are typed in on a command line at a system prompt, the user's "shell" for access to the computer. The MS-DOS command line at the "C:\>" or other prompt is also known as the "DOS shell."
Shell Script
A program written to be interpreted by the shell of an operating system, especially UNIX.
Shockware
A popular PLUG-IN for Web pages used by designers to add sophisticated multimedia features to their sites.
Shopping Cart Program
Shopping Cart Program is a software package that runs as part of a web site to collect and record purchasing decisions by a visitor. Shopping cart programs are stored on web servers.
S-HTTP Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol
A secure version of HTTP, developed by Netscape, that provides general transaction security services over the Web.
Site map
A site map helps users to navigate through the site to find the information that they are looking for faster.
SLIP / Serial Line Interface Protocol
A data communications standard to connect to the Internet across a Modem-based link.
SMS / Short Messaging Service
A way for mobile phone users to send each short text messages from the keypads of their GSM phones.
SMTP / Simple Mail Transport Protocol
The standard way of transferring e-mail from one computer to another on the Internet.
Source Code
The original code of a computer program. Unlike executable binary code or bytecode, which has been turned into the ones and zeros that computer understand, source code can be read by humans, albeit rather specialized ones.
SPAM
Junk e-mail. Sending the same unrequested file/commercial e-mail to many people.
Spammer
Someone who sends spam to people or newsgroups.
Spider
A type of robot program that autonomously travels the Web from server to server and indexes the contents of publicly-accessible files found on the servers. Also called Web walkers, crawlers, and worms. Spiders are used by search engines for creating searchable indices of Net and Web files.
SQL
Structured Query Language is a specialized query language for requesting information from a database. Servers which can handle SQL are known as SQL servers.
SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server is a database management system. It is portable, reliable, flexible, fast, and easy to manage. SQL Server has been developed specifically to take advantage of the best features Microsoft Windows NT has to offer. It is optimized for the multithreaded, preemptive multiprocessing kernel of Windows NT. The many features and options in SQL Server are geared toward multiple users who need concurrent access to high volumes of data.
SSH / Secure Shell
SSH is a UNIX-based command interface and protocol for securely log into another computer over a network. It allows you to Telnet into your account securely to control Web and other kinds of servers remotely.
SSI / Server Side Includes
A variable value that a server can include in an HTML file before it sends it to the browser. SSL are often used to insert common content into several different web pages.
SSL
SSL is a protocol designed to allow encrypted, authenticated communications across the Internet. SSL is included as part of both the Microsoft and Netscape browsers and most Web server products. Developed by Netscape, SSL also gained the support of Microsoft and other Internet client/server developers as well and became the de facto standard until evolving into Transport Layer Security
Stanford University
An academic institution of unrivalled influence in the high-tech world.
Start-Up
A new business venture, especially in the high-technology area.
Steganography
The science of communication in a way that hides the existence of the communication.
Stickiness
A highly valued but generally unmeasurable quality of a website that keeps its visitors hanging around or encourages them to come back often.
Streaming Media
Audio, video and other content sequences that can be played as they arrive.
Style Sheet
A template attached to a Web page that describes how it should look.
Subdomain
Subdomain is a "domain within a domain". Subdomains are individual Web addresses built upon a pre-existing domain name, for example, sub.hostpulse.com.
Sun Microsystems
The creator of Java and a major player in the development of new Internet technologies.
SunOS
The version of UNIX running on Sun workstations.
Switch
A network device that moves data traffic between networks.
Synchronous
At the same time. Telephone conversations, Internet Talk, Internet Relay Chat, and MUDs are forms of synchronous communications, in which communications are undertaken with the assumption of unnoticeable time intervals between exchanges. Today, many phone communications are asynchronous, since we use voice mail and answering machines that allow intervals between communication exchanges.
