Web Hosting Terms Explained

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Web Hosting Terms Explained
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Table of Contents

• Web Hosting
• Addon Domain
• Apache Web Server
• b2evolution
• Bandwidth
• Blog
• Bounce Rate
• Browser
• Catch-All Email
• Cloud Hosting

• Cloudlet
• Country Code TLD
• Control Panel
• CMS
• cPanel and cPanel Hosting
• Database and Data Center
• Dedicated IP and Dedicated Hosting
• DDoS Attack
• Disk Space

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Web Hosting

• Web hosting is a service provided by web hosting
  companies, which makes websites accessible over
  the Internet. Server space along with necessary
  services and technologies are made available to
  website owners through web hosting, so that their
  websites can remain up and running.
• There are different types of web hosting, such as
  shared, dedicated, reseller, WordPress, VPS and
  cloud. Linux Dedicated Server Hosting,
  WordPress Hosting, Windows Dedicated Hosting
  etc. are terms that are used to refer to
  different types of hosting.
• Some of the various terms that are used in web
  hosting will be discussed in the following
  slides.

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Addon Domain

• An addon domain refers to an additional domain
  which can be added through the control panel of a
  user. It is capable to carrying out tasks such
  as, hosting a website, creating email addresses,
  forwarders etc.

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Apache Web Server

• Apache web server is a stable and feature-rich
  web server that is meant to deliver web content
  to the users through their web browsers. Apache
  is an open source web server that can be used for
  free. An open community of Apache developers
  maintains it. It is used extensively by web
  hosting service providers.

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b2evolution

• b2evolution is an open source, multi-blog
  publishing platform that has multi-user as well
  as multi-lingual properties. It is one of the
  most efficient platforms for blog management that
  has been created in PHP and is backed by MySQL
  database.

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Bandwidth

• Bandwidth refers to the amount of data which can
  be transferred at any given point of time. Data
  transfer occurs in a website when visitors browse
  a website or download/upload files etc.

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Blog

• A blog refers to a website which is updated
  regularly by an individual or a group of people
  that are known as bloggers. It contains articles,
  images, videos and other content that are
  published by one or more individuals.
• WordPress, which is a web publishing software,
  can be used to create blogs. It is probably the
  easiest as well as the most flexible blogging and
  content management system, especially for
  beginners. WordPress hosting is provided by most
  web hosting service providers, along with other
  types of hosting, such as dedicated, shared, VPS,
  cloud, reseller etc. There are various plans for
  various types of hosting, for example, plans for
  Linux Dedicated Server Hosting, WordPress
  Hosting, Windows Dedicated Hosting etc.

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Bounce Rate
Bounce rate of a website indicates the volume of
visitors to that particular website that leave it
in a short span of time or after viewing merely a
single page on that website. A high bounce rate
is an indication of the fact that visitors
havent succeeded in finding on a website what
they have been looking for and/or they have lost
interest in browsing that site. A high bounce
rate should be regarded as an alarming sign for
any website.
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Browser

• A browser, which is also known as a web browser,
  refers to a client application which serves the
  purpose of decoding HTML from a web server and
  then displaying it in the form of a web page that
  is easily readable. The most commonly used web
  browsers are Internet Explorer, Apple Safari,
  Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

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Catch-All Email

• Catch-All refers to a mailbox on the domain. It
  catches all the emails that are addressed to the
  domain. The catch-all mailbox catches those
  emails which do not exist in the mail server.
  When the catch-all address is configured, then
  emails wont be lost due to spelling errors.

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Cloud Hosting

• Cloud hosting refers to a type of web hosting
  service in which a cluster of servers store the
  data of websites virtually in the cloud. Cloud
  hosting makes it possible to scale resources up
  or down in real time, based on the requirements
  of a website / application. Cloud server enables
  access to data from anywhere and at any time.
  Cloud servers are ideal for meeting the
  requirements that have to do with extensive
  software development.
• There are some other types of web hosting, which
  are, shared, dedicated, reseller, VPS, WordPress
  etc. One often hears terms such as Linux
  Dedicated Server Hosting, WordPress Hosting,
  Windows Dedicated Hosting etc. These refer to
  different types of web hosting services.

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Cloudlet

• A cloudlet refers to a small-scale cloud data
  center that has enhanced mobility. It exists at
  the edge of the Internet. A cloudlet performs
  mainly the task of supporting mobile applications
  that are interactive as well as
  resource-intensive. It accomplishes this by
  ensuring low latency and by making powerful
  computing resources available to mobile devices.
  It is a state of the art technology in cloud
  computing infrastructure.

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Country Code TLD

• A country code TLD refers to a country code top
  level domain. It is a two letter code that is
  meant to identify websites and content that are
  specific to a country. An example of it is, .uk
  being used for United Kingdom.

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Control Panel

• A control panel, which is a web based interface,
  is made available to a user by a web hosting
  company for the purpose of managing the users
  website and his web hosting account. It lets a
  user manage his services, with regard to hosting,
  through a single interface. With the aid of a
  control panel email addresses can be added,
  domains can be parked, applications can be
  installed, files can be uploaded, databases can
  be managed etc.

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CMS

• CMS is the abbreviation for Content Management
  System. It is a computer software, which runs in
  the backend, for the purpose of managing the
  creation as well as the modification of content
  that is digital. A CMS aids in not only posting
  content on a website but also in adding new
  themes to the website.
• Some of the most popular Content Management
  Systems are WordPress, Drupal, Joomla etc.

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cPanel and cPanel Hosting

• cPanel
• cPanel refers to a control panel that is
  user-friendly and provides a graphical interface
  along with automation tools that make website
  management simple. It is offered in Linux-based
  web hosting services. cPanel functions to manage
  easily website files, databases, domains,
  sub-domains, create email accounts etc.
• cPanel Hosting
• cPanel hosting is the web hosting that works with
  cPanel.

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Database and Data Center

• Database
• A database refers to a system in which various
  types of organized information (data) are stored.
  This information can be accessed, managed and
  updated easily.
• Data Center
• Any facility (a physical infrastructure) that
  houses web hosting servers is referred to as a
  data center. It houses computers, networking
  systems, servers and other components that have
  to do with an enterprises IT infrastructure. Web
  hosting data centers are usually present in
  several locations.

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Dedicated
IP and Dedicated Hosting
Dedicated IP A dedicated IP (Internet Protocol)
is an IP which is allotted exclusively to a
particular website. This unique IP is used by a
single web hosting account. Dedicated
Hosting An entire server is rented in dedicated
hosting. Hence, a user of dedicated hosting is
not only able to have full control over the
server but also uses all the server resources
exclusively.
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DDoS Attack

• A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack is
  carried out to disrupt the traffic of a server or
  a network that is targeted, in order to make
  computer or network resources unavailable. It
  overwhelms the target with an excess of Internet
  traffic. These attacks are executed through
  networks of machines that are connected via the
  Internet.

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Disk Space

• Disk space, with regard to web hosting, refers to
  the amount of storage space that is available to
  a client as per his hosting plan. Sufficient disk
  space is an essential requirement for the purpose
  of storing properly a websites html pages,
  files, images, databases, emails, etc.
• Web hosting companies that provide web hosting
  services have various plans that offer different
  disk space to fulfil the requirements of their
  clients. Since web hosting is of many types, it
  is referred to with many terms as well. Some of
  these terms are Linux Dedicated Server Hosting,
  WordPress Hosting, Windows Dedicated Hosting
  etc.

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