Glossary

Term Description ASP Active Server Pages, Microsoft server-based scripting language that combines HTML and script code into a single file for dynamic pages. Bandwidth The amount of data that you can transmit and/or receive for your connection to the Internet. Normally measured in bits. Browser A program (Internet Explorer, Netscape, others) which allows a person to view the internet. CGI-bin Common Gateway Interface, standardized interface that allows scripts and executable programs to gather the user requests and server responses to create dynamic pages. Disk space The amount of physical memory storage space allowed for your web site, measured in bytes. DNS Domain Name System, translates a text URL (www.ebay.com) to its IP address (66.135.192.11). E-mail Alias A catch all for your email domain. Allows email addressed to anything@yourDomain.com to be received my your master mail account. E-mail Autoresponder A feature that you can customize so when one of your email accounts receives a message, a customized email is sent back to the sender. Helpful in letting people know that you have received their email without having to respond immediately. E-mail POP account Additional email accounts at your domain. JohnDoe@yourDomain.com, JaneDoe@yourDomain.com, webmaster@yourDomain.com... FrontPage Extensions Enhancements you can add to your web site, only when it is built in Microsoft FrontPage, without having to type the actual code. HTML Hypertext Markup Language, what the web speaks. A way of inserting text, graphics, formatting and other rich media into a page. Host(ing) A computer on a network. A place (computer) where internet files are kept, and served up to browsers so they can be viewed. IP address The numeric equivalent (66.135.192.11) of a text URL (www.ebay.com). Consists of four sets of numbers ranging from 0 to 255 separated by periods. Log File File about your web site containing data on your site visitors. A new file is usually created every day. SSL Secure Socket Layer, originally developed by Netscape in order to provide a secure transaction between the user and the server being sent the information, ie. credit card transactions. URL Stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address for a computer or a document on the Internet. For example, www.YourNewSite.com