| Word |
Description |
| cached |
A cache is local storage for information providing a quick lookup for information that would normally take longer to get a result via a full lokup. |
| CSS |
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. CSS allows web developers to centralize style elements of a web design. This is useful for making a site more maintainable through global changes to a site (such as changing the font size for all content in a site at one time) as well as many other things such as making printable pages, etc. |
| Dedicated Server |
A dedicated server is a physical machine allocated to one specific customer or purpose. Dedicated servers are normally used when there are unique resource, security, or setup requirements where a less expensive shared hosting account isn't sufficient.
The majority of web hosting accounts are "shared" which means one physical server is allocated to many customers who share its resources. Users are generally separated by security so that no single user can affect another's sites or e-mail. |
| ISP |
ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. Your ISP can refer to anyone providing you Internet services but it commonly means the company that actually connects you to the Internet such as your dial-up, cable, satellite or dsl provider. |
| Outlook |
Outlook is e-mail client software developed by Microsoft. It includes address book, and calendar functions as well as e-mail. It is often used with Microsoft's Exchange product for groupware capability but is also used as a stand-alone product. Outlook can be purchased separately but is often bundled with Microsoft Office. |
| Outlook Express |
Outlook Express is Microsoft's lightweight e-mail client. It comes free with most PC's and/or Internet Explorer. Outlook Express can be used as an "always on" method for sending and receiving e-mail. For frequent e-mail users Outlook Express is much more efficient than using any of the webmail systems. |
| phishing |
Phishing is a technique used to capture secure account information by pretending to be a legitimate site or business where a user has a real account. |
| Pop3 |
Pop3 is the main protocol for receiving messages from an e-mail server. It is short for Post Office Protocol. |
| propagation |
Propagation refers to the time it takes for information to be fully distrubuted to all necessary servers that are used in the lookup or the path to the data. |
| SEO |
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. SEO is the process of improving a page or site's rank in the search engines by optimizing certain elements within the site (on page optimization) or elements outside the site (off page optimization) which also affect ranking. |
| Shared Hosting |
A shared hosting account is an individual user or domain account on a physical server which is "shared" by multiple customers. Shared hosting reduces costs in hardware and administration since multiple customers can be served by a singe physical server and operating system. Customers requiring more power and storage, or those who have unique security requirements often use dedicated servers which are more expensive but do not share resources with other users. |
| SMTP |
SMTP is the ubiquitous protocol for transferring e-mail messages across the Internet. When you send e-mail through an outgoing server it is transmitted through SMTP and when it is relayed from that server to its final destination (sometimes through other servers) it is sent with SMTP. SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| URL |
A URL is generally a link to a web page, ftp location, e-mail address, etc. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. |
