SILICON HOUSE

ASSIGNMENT – 1

TOPIC – WEB HOSTING GLOSSARY

CONTENT: 50 WEB-HOSTING TERMS AND ITS

EXPLANATION

SUBMITTED BY

KAMALI G

710019104014

Anna University Regional

Campus Coimbatore.
Web Hosting: The service that allows individuals and organizations to make their
websites accessible on the internet.

Server: A computer or system that stores website files and delivers them to users
upon request.

Database: A database is a system of storing information. Various types of data is

organized and stored in a database and it can be easily accessed, managed and
updated. In a database the data is stored in columns, rows and tables thus making it
easy to find the relevant information.

Datacenter: A datacenter is a facility that houses the web hosting servers. It is a

physical infrastructure that is used for housing computers, servers, networking
systems and other components for the company’s IT infrastructure. The web
hosting datacenters are based in several locations and you can choose to house
your servers in the location near you.

Domain Name: Domain name is the name of your website through which people
can find you online. You can register your desired domain name and your website
will be known by that domain name.

DNS: DNS stands for Domain Name Server. This process translates the internet
domain names and host names to IP address. DNS is equivalent to the internet’s
phone book. The DNS maintains a database of domain names and translates them
into Internet Protocol (IP) address. The DNS process is necessary because it is easy
for people to remember the domain names but the computers and machines
remember the domain names as IP addresses.
IP Address: A unique numerical label assigned to each device connected to a
network, used to identify and locate devices on the internet.

Types of web hosting

Blog Hosting

Blog hosting is popular as it offers a simple means of posting and managing

blog content. With Wordpress hosting, you may set up the most popular and
powerful blogging application available.

Dedicated hosting

A type of web hosting where an entire server is dedicated to a single website

or client, providing higher performance and customization options.

Linux server hosting

Linux server is a network computer that uses Linux as its open source
operating system. Linux server hosting is very stable and commonly used by most
shared web hosting service providers.

Shared hosting

Shared hosting means many website accounts residing on a web server and
sharing its resources. Most personal and business sites use shared hosting.

VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting

VPS is the short form of Virtual Private Server that is a section partitioned
on a server acting as its own server. Typically, this is less expensive than a
dedicated server but has more flexibility and functionality than a shared hosting
plan.

Windows server hosting

Windows server is a network computer that uses Windows as the operating

system. Windows server hosting plan is typically more expensive but necessary for
some specific applications in Windows environment.

Cloud Hosting

A type of hosting that utilizes multiple servers interconnected to create a

virtualized hosting environment, providing scalability and reliability.

Terms commonly used in Web Hosting

Disk Space

The amount of storage capacity provided by a hosting provider to store

website files, databases, emails, etc.

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)

A protocol that encrypts data transmitted between a user's browser and a

website, ensuring secure communication.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

A standard network protocol used to transfer files from a local computer to

a web server.
Anonymous FTP

Anonymous FTP (or Anon FTP) is a method for downloading and

uploading files using FTP protocol without having a username or a password. If a
web hosting plan offers this service, the users will be able to transfer files with
FTP without having their own account.

ActiveX

ActiveX is simply a set of Microsoft's technologies and services based on

COM (Component Object Model). Some hosts support ActiveX server components
for ASP in Windows platform hosting.

ASP.NET

ASP.NET is the next version of ASP.

Apache

Apache is an open-source http web server software. It can be run on Linux

and Windows platforms. Its major competitor is Microsoft's IIS.

Auto Responder

Auto responder is a way to automatically send an email in response to an

email received.

ASP

ASP (or Active Server Pages) is Microsoft's server-side scripting

technology. The ASP web page has an .asp extension mixing HTML and scripting
code in VBScript or JScript. ASP is distributed with Microsoft's IIS web server in
Windows platform hosting.

Bandwidth

The amount of data that can be transferred between a website and its users
within and its users within a specific timeframe, usually measured in gigabytes
(GB). It occurs when someone visits or uses your website, an email is sent or
received, or files are uploaded or downloaded.

Blog

Blog is a web site or portion of a web site with links, news about one’s site,
commentary on the world, pictures, video and more. People also set up a blog as a
tool to drive traffic to their sites as blog posts are given greater weight by search
engines.

CMS

CMS (or Content Management System) is a way of organizing and

managing the content of a website so that it can be easy to be updated by the web
master via internet browser.

Dedicated IP

Dedicated IP is an IP address that is used solely by your website. This is

necessary if using SSL to accept payment on the website or anonymous FTP.
Domain Name Registration

Domain name registration allows you to secure a unique domain name that
can be used as your website address on the internet. For details of hkwebdesign.net
‘s domain registration, please visit the respective webpage.

Domain Registrar

Domain registrar is a company responsible for managing a domain name.

Control Panel

The control panel is provided by the web hosting companies to manage your
web hosting account and your website. A control panel is a web based interface
that enables the customers to manage their hosting services through a single
interface. A control panel allows you to add email addresses, park domains, install
applications, upload files, manage databases etc.

CMS (Content Management System)

CMS stands for Content Management System. A content management

system is a system that runs in the backend and manages the content. You can
easily post content to your website through a CMS and make it look appealing to
your website visitors. You can also add a new theme to your website through a
CMS and you can keep adding new content at any time. Some popular examples of
CMSs include WordPress, Joomla, Drupal etc.

PHP
 A popular server-side scripting language used for web development, capable
of generating dynamic web pages.

MySQL

A widely used open-source relational database management system, often

paired with PHP for building database-driven websites.

WordPress

A popular and user-friendly CMS platform used for creating and managing
websites, blogs, and online stores.

Uptime

The percentage of time that a web hosting server remains operational and
accessible to users without any interruptions.

Downtime

The period during which a web hosting server is unavailable or inaccessible

to users, often due to maintenance, server issues, or network problems.

Backups

Copies of website files, databases, and other data stored by the hosting
provider, used to restore the website in case of data loss or server failure.

Bandwidth Over usage

 When a website exceeds the allocated bandwidth limit, resulting in
additional charges or temporary suspension of services.

Email Hosting

Email hosting is the process of creating secure business email IDs for your
organization. Email hosting is backed by a hosting platform that manages email
servers. In simple words if you own a domain name and you want your email
address to be with that domain name, then you have to sign up for an email hosting
service.

Sub domain

A subdivision of a domain, allowing the creation of additional website

addresses that are distinct from the main domain.

Add-on Domain

A domain name that is added to a hosting account and can be used to host a
separate website or application.

Parked Domain

A domain names that point to the same website as the main domain,
allowing users to access the site using multiple domain names.

SSL Certificate

A digital certificate that verifies the authenticity and encrypts the

communication between a website and its visitors, indicated by the HTTPS
protocol.
Firewall

Firewall serves to protect an internal network or a computer from attacks and

unauthorized access by sitting between the Internet and the internal network.

Forum

Forum is a web based message board where users can post questions or
problems and receive answers from other users or the host of the board.

Guest book

Guest book is a web page where the visitors can leave their contact
information and feedback to the site or request more information.

HTML

HTML (or Hypertext Markup Language) is the language in which web pages
are written.

IMAP

IMAP is the short form of Internet Message Access Protocol that is a way to
retrieve emails while leave a copy on the server until deleted permanently, i.e. it
synchronizes emails from server and outlook.

SMTP

SMTP is an email protocol that allows the users to send emails. Although
most web hosts allow the users to use the email server to send email, most ISP
restrict the users to their own servers.
SSH

SSH, also known as Secure Shell or Secure Socket Shell, is a network

protocol that gives users, particularly system administrators, a secure way to access
a computer over an unsecured network. SSH also refers to the suite of utilities that
implement the SSH protocol.

Webmail

Webmail is a way to send and receive email via internet.

Webmaster

Webmaster is a person responsible for the maintenance of a particular

website.

Web Server

Web server is a network computer where your website resides on. It

generally is owned by your web host to handle client requests for web pages.

Cloudlet

It is a mobility-enhanced and a small-scale cloud datacenter located at the

edge of the internet. The main task of a cloudlet is to support the interactive and
resource-intensive mobile applications by providing the mobile devices with
powerful computing resources along with ensuring low latency. A cloudlet is a
state of art technology that extends today’s cloud computing infrastructure.