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Apache directory configuration file which allows for the customization/configuration of specific directories.

Bad Request. The Apache Web server allows site managers to override the standard error page that is served for specific errors by number. This error, 400 bad request, means that a request for a URL has been made but the server is not configured or capable of responding to it. This might be the case for URLs that are handed-off to a servlet engine where no default document or servlet is configured, or the HTTP request method is not implemented.

Authorization required. Your IP address or the username/password you entered were not correct. Your request was denied as you have no permission to access the data.

Forbidden. Is a browser code that means the browser understands what to do, but can't do it for some reason.

Wrong page. Is a browser code that means the requested web address cannot be found.

Internal server error. Is a browser code that means there was an error in displaying a webpage.

An add on domain allows you to run a separate site complete with email capability from your main account. Add on domains will be redirected to a subdirectory of your primary domain's root directory. An add on domain will appear to visitors as a totally separate site with its own domain.

An add on domain allows you to run a separate site complete with email capability from your main account. Add on domains will be redirected to a subdirectory of your primary domain's root directory. An add on domain will appear to visitors as a totally separate site with its own domain.

The same thing as a cname. CNAME records are "canonical name" records used to point an entry to another name.

A service offered by domain registrars which allows registration of a domain without making the personal details of the owner publicly available.

Allows guests to upload files to the account. Files are upload to a separate directory so that the website files can not be altered by guests. Requires dedicated IP address.

A mail utility that automatically sends a reply to an e-mail message. Auto responders are used to send back boilerplate information on a topic without having the requester do anything more than e-mail a particular address. They are also used to send a confirmation that the message has been received.

A measure of the amount of data that can be transferred over a network in a specific amount of time.

Bulletin board system, similar to a forum.

Emails addressed to non-existing accounts will automatically be deleted.

Shortened form of 'weblog'. A website containing a series of dated entries, generally on a specific topic, which are written by an individual.

An email message that is returned to the sender because it was undeliverable.

A computer memory with a short access time. Normally used for storage of instructions or data.

A subdirectory with your public_html folder where CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts are placed to be executed.

The change mode command, which is only used on UNIX systems. It changes or sets the permission of a file or a directory. You can chmod an FTP program or you can also make these changes with our File Manager available in cPanel. Typical Permissions: 777, 666, 755, 644.

Cloaking is showing different versions of your content to different visitors. It is most often used to show different content to search engines spiders than you show to your human visitors.

Content Management System. A Program or Script designed to provide easy web site creation and management.

A cookie is a piece of text that a Web server can store on a user's hard disk. Cookies enable a Web site to store information on user's computers that is later retrieved and used when accessing that site again.

A web-based administration tool that many hosting providers provide for users to configure their accounts using an graphical interface.

A command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems, it is used to schedule commands to be executed periodically.

A command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems, it is used to schedule commands to be executed periodically.

Cascading Style Sheets is a feature of HTML developed by the W3C. With Cascading Style sheets users can create style templates that specifies how different text elements paragraphs, headings, hyperlinks, fonts, etc. appear on a web page.

A measure of the amount of data that can be transferred over a network in a specific amount of time.

Dynamic HTML. The ability to have web pages which change and interact with the user without having to communicate with the server.

Routes your website, mail, ftp to a specific ip address.

A mail forwarder allows you to specify certain email address that will receive a message when sent to one email address, the message is sent to the original email address, and is then forwarded to the other email addresses specified.

The Server Extensions for the Microsoft FrontPage application these are a set of server-side applications that allow you to incorporate advanced features without having to write the complex server-side programs typically required.

File Transfer Protocol. A method for sending files from one computer to another on networks and the Internet. Needed to upload/download files to and from your host.

GD Library, GD is an open source code library for the dynamic creation of images GD can create PNG, JPEG and GIF images, and other formats. GD can be used to generate charts, graphics, and thumbnails.

Header (email), a portion of an e-mail message containing information pertinent to the transmission of the message such as the address of the sender, the address of the recipient, and when the message was sent.

Hotlink protection, security measure implemented for the protection of pictures, there by disabling the ability for outside sites to link pictures on your site.

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. Protocol used to perform request and retrieve functions securely via the web.

Frame inserted within a web page which is not tied into the browser window and is instead treated as independent from the site.

Software used for the creation, modification and display of bitmap images. This software can read convert and write images in different formats.

Software used for the creation, modification and display of bitmap images. This software can read convert and write images in different formats.

Internet Message Access Protocol. A mail protocol that syncs a persons mail program with the corresponding account on a specific mail server.

The Index Manager enables you to control how directories on your web site are displayed. If there is no index.html in a particular directory, the contents of the directory will be displayed to the browser. This is usually undesirable and can cause security issues. You can set the four different options for any directory through the Index Manager.

A facility that allows people -- from many different places in the world at one time -- to chat in real time. The chats, or forums, are typed remarks, and they can be either public or private. This, understandably, is a wildly popular consumer area of the internet.

ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. An ISP provides access to the Internet for others via some connectivity service(s). This might be in the form of dial up services.

Powerful, cross-platform programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Java applets (small applications) may be incorporated into Web documents and can be executed securely by any Java-capable browser irrespective of whether it is running on a PC, an Apple Mac or a Unix workstation. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer are Java-capable. Java is being used in many ways which enhance the functionality and interactivity of Web pages.

JavaScript is a scripting language developed by Netscape to enable Web authors to design interactive sites. Although it shares many of the features and structures of the full Java language, it was developed independently. Javascript can interact with HTML source code, enabling Web authors to spice up their sites with dynamic content. JavaScript is endorsed by a number of software companies and is an open language that anyone can use without purchasing a license. It is supported by recent browsers from Netscape and Microsoft, though Internet Explorer supports only a subset, which Microsoft calls Jscript.

A discussion group, generally about a specific topic, where readers post and read messages via email.

An Apache module that allows URLs to be rewritten according to rules specified in a .htaccess file. It is most commonly used to rewrite dynamic URLs to make them more search engine friendly.

MX entry or MX record. A DNS entry that specifies which mail server handles the mail for a domain.

A free, open source database that is commonly used to run dynamic websites.

A computer (server) that has both the software and the data (zone files) needed to resolve domain names to Internet Protocol (IP) numbers. Domain names must be programmed into a minimum of two nameservers hosted on separate networks.

A computer (server) that has both the software and the data (zone files) needed to resolve domain names to Internet Protocol (IP) numbers. Domain names must be programmed into a minimum of two nameservers hosted on separate networks.

A parked domain is a domain that points to the primary domain for your account. For example, if your primary domain is example.com, you can point example.net to the same content by parking it. Anyone who visits your site using example.net will see the same content as example.com. However, the browser's address bar will show example.net as the visitor navigates your site.

Short for Practical Extraction and Report Language, Perl is a programming language developed by Larry Wall, especially designed for processing text. More information can be found here: http://dict.die.net/perl/

A tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web.

Ping is a protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for a reply, most often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.

Post Office Protocol 3. A standard protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by an internet server.

A logical connection place. i.e. Port 80 For HTTP service and Port 21 for FTP service.

Page Rank. Google's patent pending technology that rates the "importance" of a given web page. PageRank is used by Google (among other things) to determine a page's rank on Google's query results page.

The process of updating a domain across the world's Internet servers. This process can take one to two days.

A proxy is a server placed between a user's machine and the Internet, or an intermediary program that acts as both a server and a client making requests on the behalf of other clients.

Redundant Array of Independent Disks. A system of using multiple hard drives for sharing or replicating data among drives. The storage between these disk are managed by a controller and in some cases multiple controllers.

Raw access data that is updated by the server and can be downloaded and interpreted by statistic programs.

A registrar is a company that handles domain name registrations. They sell domains and allow their customers to manage domains they have purchased.

A file contained within the root directory that grants access to internet spiders for specific pages.

Really Simple Syndication. A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the latest news from Web sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary."

An SMTP-based message transfer agent (MTA) that runs under Unix. Developed at the University of California at Berkeley by Eric Allman in 1981, sendmail stores and forwards more mail than any other MTA on the Internet. In 1998, Allman commercialized the product by forming Sendmail, Inc. (www.sendmail.com), which offers a GUI interface for modifying the configuration file instead of dealing directly with more than a thousand lines of text. Sendmail, Inc. also offers a Windows NT/2000 version that includes the POP mail server and message store. Examples of mail clients developed for sendmail in the Unix world are elm, pine, mush and mailx.

Search Engine Optimization. Designing a Web site so that search engines easily find the pages and index them. The goal is to have your page be in the top 10 results of a search. Optimization includes the choice of words used in the text paragraphs and the placement of those words on the page, both visible and hidden inside meta tags. Search engines use different criteria for indexing, and those criteria may change. Thus, it becomes increasingly difficult to satisfy every one equally. Yahoo! and other directory-oriented search sites manually index a Web site, which may provide the best results for the user.

A browser plugin created by Macromedia that allows playback of multimedia files.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The primary protocol used for sending email.

Simple Object Access Protocol. A protocol based on XML that is frequently used in web services.

Unsolicited bulk email. Unsolicited means that the Recipient has not granted verifiable permission for the message to be sent. Bulk messages are messages that are sent massively and contain identical content.

An open source spam filter. SpamAssassin identifies spam based on the score from multiple types of checks. Spam messages are stored in a folder (usually called spam folder).

An open source spam filter. SpamAssassin identifies spam based on the score from multiple types of checks. Spam messages are stored in a folder (usually called spam folder).

Email address spoofing is an activity of illegally using other's legitimate email address to send messages.

Server Side Includes are directives that are placed in HTML pages, and evaluated on the server while the pages are being served. They let you add dynamically generated content to an existing HTML page, without having to serve the entire page via a CGI program, or other dynamic technology. SSI page can be identified by .shtml file extension.

An SSL certificate or Secure Socket Layer certificate is protocol used to ensure secure transactions between web servers and browsers.

Sub domain is a domain that is part of a larger domain. In domain name test.domain.com, test. is the subdomain.

Sub domain is a domain that is part of a larger domain. In domain name test.domain.com, test. is the subdomain.

Uniform Resource Locator; an address that specifies the location of a file on the Internet.

The W3C (short for World Wide Web Consortium) is the body that defines standards for many web related languages and technologies. They oversee development of standards for languages such as HTML and CSS. Their site can be found here: http://www.w3.org/

Name of web stats program offered with most web hosting plans using the Cpanel user interface.

Whois is a term referring to a domain name search or look-up feature for a database - typically for Top-Level Domain name registries. Information such as name availability can be found through a query or search using a whois protocol (standard). Most Top-Level Domain registries maintain their own whois database containing domain name contact information.

What You See Is What You Get. A graphical interface to a process which shows how the end-result will look as it is being produced, eg a WYSIWYG HTML editor generates HTML markup but displays the document as if viewed with a Web browser.

The next generation of HTML and is a hybrid between HTML and XML. XML was designed to describe data. HTML was designed to display data. XHTML is much stricter than HTML. Not all browers support XML so XHTML provides an intermediary soluton and can be interpreted by XML and HTML browsers. For further information see: http://www.w3c.org/MarkUp/

Extensible Markup Language, a specification developed by the W3C. XML is a pared-down version of SGML, designed especially for Web documents. It allows designers to create their own customized tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications and between organizations.