Web Hosting Glossary

E-commerce

E-commerce (Electronic commerce) consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

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Domain name

The term Domain name is a name that identifies a computer or computers on the internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site’s URL, e.g. www.webhostingbrowse.com.

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Dedicated web hosting service

A dedicated hosting service, dedicated server, or managed hosting service is a type of Internet hosting where the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating system, hardware, etc…

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Database

A computer database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system so that a computer program or person using a query language can consult it to answer queries.

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Control Panel

You could use a Web hosting Control Panel for managing the Web server and installing scripts as well as other services like e-mail.

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Colocation web hosting service

A Colocation hostingservice is similar to the dedicated web hosting service, but the user owns the colo server; the hosting company provides physical space that the server takes up and takes care of the server. This is the most powerful and expensive type of the hosting service.

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Cloud web hosting service

Cloud hosting is a new type of hosting platform that allows customers powerful, scalable and reliable hosting based on clustered load-balanced servers and utility billing. Removing single-point of failures and allowing customers to pay for only what they use versus what they could use.

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Bandwidth

Web Hosting Bandwidth is used to describe the amount of data that can be transferred to or from the website or server, measured in bytes transferred over a prescribed period of time. This can be more accurately described as “Monthly …

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