Access Logs - Access Logs will tell you who, when, and where people visited your world wide web and FTP sites.
Applet -
An applet is a small executable module, that normally doesn't have the complete features and user interface of a normal
application. Java is the language most commonly associated with applets. An applet is like a small piece of executable code that
needs a full application to contain it. The applet runs inside of the application in a "sand box" or "virtual machine," which is a set
of computer resources and instructions that make up an environment for the applet's execution.
ASP (Active Server Pages)
Microsoft NT scripting language which allows YOU to design web pages that can make displaying, manipulating and editing
databases quick and easy.
Auto Responder - An auto responder is a pre-configured text message that can be sent to any party that sends an email message to you. This could be useful for registration, purchasing, or other information.
BGP - A routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust,
sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). BGP4 supports the CIDR addressing scheme, which has increased the number of
available IP addresses on the Internet. BGP was designed to supersede EGP, the orginal exterior
gateway protocol. It is also known as a path vector protocol.
CGI - Common Gateway Interface. CGIs are scripts written to allow live interaction and data from a web page.
Domain (Name) - A domain is an address on the internet. A domain name is usually in the form of www.domain.com for the world wide web and ftp.domain.com for FTP. Country-level domain names come in the form of "domain.co.jp" (signifying
Japan), or "domain.com.sg" (signifying Singapore).
DNS -
Domain Name System The set of conventions for naming host computers on the Internet and the directory service for looking up names. Each host name corresponds to an IP
address. See also Fully Qualified Domain Name.
Email Aliasing - see email forwarding
Email Forwarding - Email Forwarding will take mail sent to a
certain address (youraddress@yourdomain.com ) and forward it to your
local ISP. For example, webmaster@yourcompany.com would forward mail
(transparently) to 111.1111@compuserve.com.
Java - Java is a powerful programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Java can be used to create powerful internet applications, called applets.
Load Balancing - All machines are load balanced so that not one
machine is heavily used while the rest have light loads.
Netscape Encryption - Netscape
Encryption
is an add-on available on WEBVISIONS Servers. Netscape Encryption allows
secure transactions over the internet.
Password Protected FTP - Password Protected FTP is a type of FTP that requires a username and password to logon.
PERL - PERL is a popular programming language for creating cgi scripts on the internet.
PGP - Pretty Good Privacy. PGP is a form of encryption for secure transactions available for the internet using the system of private and public keys.
POP Email - Post Office Protocal Email. This type of email is actually physically located and stored on the server. You can use your favorite email program to download and view your mail.
Server Side Includes (SSIs) - Server Side Includes are commands used in many internet scripts that perform simple commands.
Shockwave - Shockwave is a program developed by Macromedia that allows animation and online presentations on your web pages
SMTP
(Simple Mail Transport Protocol) -- The main protocol used to send electronic mail on the Internet.
SMTP consists of a set of rules for how a program sending mail and a program receiving mail should interact.
SSL
(Secure Sockets Layer) -- A protocol designed by Netscape Communications to enable encrypted, authenticated communications
across the Internet.
SSL is used mostly (but not exclusively) in communications between web browsers and web servers. URL's that begin with
"https" indicate that an SSL connection will be used.
SSL provides 3 important things: Privacy, Authentication, and Message Integrity.
In an SSL connection each side of the connection must have a Security Certificate, which each side's software sends to the other.
Each side then encrypts what it sends using information from both its own and the other side's Certificate, ensuring that only
the intended recipient can de-crypt it, and that the other side can be sure the data came from the place it claims to have come
from, and that the message has not been tampered with.
Tape Backups or LiveBackup System - Webvisions will provide
nightly backups of your data on tape or separate drive. With the
LiveBackup system, you'll also be able to access these backed up data
online via SSH login to your server. It is good practice to
backup data and customers are advised to keep a
copy of their own data as an extra precaution. Raw access logs (E.g. email, web are not backed up in Virtual Servers due to the large sizes of such logs).
T1s & T3s - A T1 is a 1,540,000 bps line while a T3 is equivalent to about 27 times a T1. This value is the bandwidth capacity of the line.
OC-3 & FDDI - An OC-3 is equivalent to aprox 3 T3s or 155mbps. An FDDI connection is approx 100mbps.
Telnet - Telnet is a type of application used to login remotely to another system. We use SSH in
Webvisions. SSH can be found here.
UPS - Uninterruptable Power Supply.
VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling Language allows for 3D graphics on the world wide web. If you would like more information please visit Silicon Graphics.
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