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This article is intended for novice users, it defines the terms used in hosting the simplest possible way for an easier understanding.

Terminology

  • CGI

Common Gateway Interface, or CGI is a simple script that does the processing of data submitted to a visitor site.  CGI is a online form where the user puts on their data as : name, address, phone, etc.. and receives a response from the server such as a confirmation that the data was received.

  • CGI-BIN

The directory of server hosting a website where the CGI scripts are stored

  • Site Builder

Free software that many hosts offer to enable customers to build websites without the need for expensive software and knowledge of development languages.

  • CPANEL

A software with which the user of one host controls the information and files within your site

  • Disk Space

The amount of space available on the dedicated hosting, the disk space is for the server as a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) personal computer.

  • Statistics

It is a type of software from a web server that allows the user to view account information on visitors to the site.

  • Firewall

Firewall is a security feature used by the web server that acts as a filter allowing or denying the transfer between networks.

  • FrontPage Extensions

FrontPage is a popular building sites. A server with FrontPage extensions supports many additional features of FrontPage

Tip: If you use FrontPage, you need to consult your host to see if it uses FrontPage extensions.

  • FTP

One way to connect to the web server from your personal computer.

  • Linux Hosting

The software used in most dedicated hosting servers
Analogy: Linux is a web server as Windows is to personal computers.

  • Shared Hosting

The basic and most affordable way to host a site. With shared hosting multiple sites are stored in the same web server, resource sharing.

  • Dedicated Hosting

A more expensive hosting. A dedicated server allows the user to have their own server. Increased server speed and less downtime can be achieved with a dedicated server.

  • Linux Hosting

Most servers are windows based or Linux-based
Analogy: The most common operating system in a web host.

  • Host

Any provider of web hosting .

  • IP

The unique address of “data packets” on the internet. The IP is like a human fingerprint.

  • Bandwidth

Controls the amount of traffic on your site, the higher the bandwidth, the better it is.

  • Domain Name

A domain name is the actual name of the site that must be inserted into an address bar to access a site

Example: www.cellphonewale.org is my domain name.

  • Free Domain Name

Many hosting sites offer a “domain name” forever free of cost with the purchase of any hosting plan .

  • POP3

An Internet protocol used to connect the e-mail accounts through programs like Outlook and Outlook Express

  • Reseller Hosting

Type a sublease, a person I allocate a server and subleases to its customers by providing the tools necessary for them to sell their own hosting plans to make a profit

  • SQL

SQL is a scripting language used to query databases. MySQL is an example of a database.

  • Subdomain

Are branches or subdivisions of the primary domain, if the main domain is www.domainhost.com, the part that comes before the domain, for example: www.subdomain.domainhost.com is an example of a subdomain.

  • Virtual Host

Like shared hosting, multiple sites are hosted on the same server.

  • VPS – Virtual Private Server

Increases privacy and performance of web server.

Tip: The medium has grown from a hosting account and a virtual dedicated hosting account.

CPanel should be the first thing that a person should consider when looking for the provider of web hosting . The software is essential because it provides the end user a more convenient and easier site management.

Login and use the different scripts of cPanel can be done very naturally. A user, whether beginner, you can quickly and easily set up a blog using cPanel, a PHP content management system can also be quickly configured with cPanel.

The manager of web hosting works even better when combined with scripts like Fantastico, for example. This provides a multitude of tasks, like creating MySQL tables for different programs, removing the manual import scripts created by third-party vendors. Together, cPanel and Fantastico are able to streamline the process for the end user in creating software and other applications.

CPanel efficiently combines scripts and programs that are operated separately. CPanel is able to standardize these programs and scripts, which makes it easier for companies hosting package installation uniforms to users.

CPanel is where you monitor and manage your website, is a web-based customer interface. Allows users to control resources like disk space and bandwidth usage, off countless other tasks such as setting up FTP accounts, email accounts, various types of redirect, create additional domains, subdomains, among many other features. CPanel also allows you to store data in MySQL databases in cPanel Inside there is usually a link to access PhpMyAdmin, which offers a resource for storing backups database in a file and download a database.

Many hosts advertise that you can host unlimited sites, create your own plans and control everything within the plan a bit more expensive. This is achieved through an additional software called WHM.

Fantastico is an excellent web application typically based on cPanel / PHP. The application integrates with cPanel and gives the user the ability to install many free applications and scripts automatically. These scripts vary widely in their applications and systems ranging from ecommerce to content management systems.

CPanel can be offered up for free host providers, however, are few resources available software, which does not allow you to truly know all the “exploits” this amazing program can do.

The companies hosting in cPanel has features like MySQL databases, Fantastico script installer, manager Cron jobs, additional domains, mail management tools, AWStats and Webalizer statistics and programs on another site, and so on.

Spam Assassin is also available at many sites that use cPanel hosting. Spam Assassin is a mail filtering system which checks every mail received in e-mail accounts hosted on your cPanel account and check the features that are typical of spam messages.

Finally, when choosing your dedicated server host, be sure to hire a plan that offers all the features and facilities cPanel manager.