This is one type of TLD (top level domain) of a domain name that is generally used for commercial enterprise.

This is Microsoft .NET framework is also known as .NET. This is server side scripting language that is easy to understand programming language to create a database driven dynamic website.

100 Mebabit per second baseband Ethernet specification using UTP writing. Its technical name is twisted pair Ethernet that operates at 100 MB (megabits) per second.

Access log is web hosting feature that provide a log of individual files or raw data generated by the server when someone requested from your website.

Adult hosting is a type of hosting that allows their client to host adult material. Some web hosting companies do not allowed adult content on their server. If you have adult content website it is recommend you check if they allowed adult content website.

AJAX is an abbreviation of asynchronous JavaScript and XML. AJAX is the web development technology that gives developer to create a dynamic client side web application. AJAX is popular server side web application because it executes data in the back end without interfering the front end of web page.

Anonymous FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a program that allows other users to login to your account and limit the access of files. To connect through Anonymous FTP you need to enter your username as “anonymous” and email address as password. You can download or upload files from the server after login using anonymous FTP.

Applet is a java program that used by developers to embed java applets with HTML. A Java applet runs on web browser and provides dynamic features for a website. Java applets run on different platforms like Windows, Unix, Linux and Mac. It is sever-side applet and gives limited access to client side.

Archie is tool that use to find files or folder or directories which are published on internet using anonymous FTP.

ASP or active server pages is sever side scripting language used to create dynamic website. Active server pages is an scripting language that was developed by Microsoft which provide web developer ease in creating dynamic database driven websites. This is server side scripting means it’s executed on the server not on web browser, server interpret the ASP code into simple HTML code that browse understand and show appropriate output. Many hosting companies do not support ASP, so you need to check whether they support ASP.

Audio streaming is the process of execute an audio file on web browser and deliver to the end users. Many hosting companies do not provide this feature because it require lots of bandwidth and disk space to store a music file. Generally audio files are embedded with Flash to attract website visitors.

Auto responder is an email features that automatically reply to the email sent to it. Almost all web hosting companies provide this feature. You can customize the message and if someone emails you it will automatically respond to that mail using mail server. Mail server is programmed to reply automatically to the email address.

Backbone is a system comprising of high speed pathway within a network of many connections. Backbone for hosting company is a vital part in providing better availability of the website of their client.

Backup refers to taking the copies of data on the server and if the client lost their data it is used to restore the original data on the server. Backup is very important features to be consider while choosing a web hosting company. Some web hosting company charge for talking backup so it is recommended that you must check if they provide backup service and if they charge for it what will be cost. Some hosting companies take weekly backup but its better to take a daily backup to ensure that you will never loss your data.

Bandwidth refers to the amount of data transferred over the network in a given period of time. Generally bandwidth is measured in bps (bits per second). In terms of web hosting, bandwidth is calculated by the amount of data transferred from the hosting server to the end user. This depends on the size of the web page.

A web browser is a program or an application that enables you to view World Wide Web (www) website using internet connection. Some common examples of web browser are Internet Explorer, Mozilla, NetScape, etc.

CGI or Common Gateway Interface is used to execute the requested information. When someone request for particular data from a website in terms of email or through browser the server analyzes the request and output the information to the end user. CGI program is a type of script that communicates with the web server and allows HTML pages to interact with other programming languages. A general example of CGI is forms, counters and guest books. When someone request the information the server retrieve the source of the data from the server, then transform it into HTML and give output to the user.

BIN or "binary" is a web server directory where all executable CGI scripts are resides. This directory is often known as "CGI-BIN".

This is a type of web hosting where web hosting companies offers web space at very affordable cost to host a website with all required features.

Co-location is a type of dedicated web hosting in which web hosting provider allow you to put web server in their premises and responsible to manage and provide internet connection, server security, support, environment and backup power.

Cold Fusion is an advance and easy to use server side scripting language that allows web developers to create a database driven website. Cold Fusion supports MSAccess, FoxPro, dBASE and Paradox databases.

Control panel is the interface that provided by web hosting company to their client through which they can manage and maintain their hosted website. Control panel is web based application through which you can update your website, manage email accounts, create database, view website traffic, etc...

CPanel is well known web hosting control panel. Web hosting companies that provide CPanel as a control panel are known as CPanel Web Hosting Provider.

Data transfer is also known as bandwidth which shows the actual amount of traffic generated from a website. Data transfer is measured in KB (Kilo bytes), MB (Mega Bytes), GB (Giga Bytes) or TB (Tetra Bytes). With every web hosting plan hosting company provides specific amount of bandwidth and if you exceed their limit they will through error message if someone request your site or they will charge for extra usage of data transfer.

Database is defined as a data stored on a web server in structural format. In terms of web hosting database is used for dynamic websites where all information stored, managed and modified when necessary. Linux based web hosting companies provide MYSQL database and windows based hosting companies provide MS SQL database. You can manage your database through control panel provided by hosting company.

An IP address that dedicatedly assigned to a single website. Some hosts provide a free dedicated IP with their hosting plan. Cheap hosting companies generally do not offer free dedicated IPs, they charge extra for a dedicated IP. Generally they charge $2 per month for a dedicated IP.

This is a type of hosting in which hosting companies provides entire server that will not share with anyone. You will have full control over the server configuration including hardware, software, operating system, etc. This is the fastest means of hosting because all server resources are utilized to your websites. Dedicated server is expensive means of hosting as companies do not share your server resources to any other. This hosting type is suitable for big website which is designed and developed for high traffic.

Disk space is a web space that allocated to you to host your website by hosting company. Usually for small static HTML website disk space requirement is very low. If you have a five page website then 2 to 5 MB space is more than enough to host your entire website. But for database driven website it requires more disk space.

Domain Name Server or domain name system that identify an IP address that assigned to a requested domain name. When you type in the URL of the website in your browser the DNS maps the IP address with the requested URL and execute the request.

Domain name is an easy to remember address of a website or company that corresponding to the IP address. Domain name is nothing else but an IP address assigned to easy to remember name of the organization. Every domain name associated with an IP address stored in DNS database.

This is an added feature offered by web hosting company to PARK your domain name even if you do not have website up and running.

Domain registrar is a company that accredited the authority to register domain name with certain TLDs (Top Level Domain).

Electronic commerce or e-commerce which allows buying and selling products online through Internet. Ecommerce function is necessary for website owner who want to sell products online. Most of the hosting companies offer ecommerce facility but some cheap hosting provider does not support ecommerce functionality.

Electronic Mail often abbreviated as E-mail is text message sent by one person to another via electronics systems such as Internet or other computer network. Email functionality is very well known for sending information like files, keep in touch with people, sending information, etc.

Number of email address that provided by hosting company.

This feature allows you to send all emails messages that are sent to other account. This is useful feature if you own number email account and instead of managing all account you can set email forwarder that forward all email sent to different email address to a single email address of your choice.

Email alias is simply a forwarding email address. Through hosting control panel you can set an email alias that forward email message to every specified email addresses.

FAQ is an abbreviation of frequently asked question, is a list of common questions and their answers.

File transfer protocol used to transfer files from computer to the web server. FTP is a handy and easy to use tool to upload your web pages on your hosting server. There are many file transfer programs are available like Smart FTP, WS_FTP, FileZilla, etc. Once you download FTP program you need to enter user name and password of your hosting account to connect to your web server. Now select your local html file and select root folder (generally www) and upload all files there and your website will be accessible by the world.

Fire wall is a combination of hardware and software that used to control unauthorized access of computers connected through LAN. With fire wall you can block access of internet websites and computers connected through network.

FrontPage extension is a product of Microsoft commonly used as HTML editor to design a website. It is ready to use tool to create a small and informative websites.

Gigabyte is computer memory storage capacity.

1 GB is equal to 1024 MB.

Guestbook is a script which allows website visitor to acknowledge their visit to website through comments, questions or suggestion.

Home page is also known as Index page. Homepage is a page which set to open when someone request the URL through web browser. Generally web server are programmed to refer index.htm page as a homepage of any website.

More specifically we can say the home page is the first page which opens when someone requests your website domain name. This page contains all important links of the other pages like your products, services, information, etc.

Generally a host refers to a company that provides disk space to put your html files so your website can be accessible via Internet.

HTML is an abbreviation of Hypertext Markup Language. HTML is the most basic markup language that used to display website information in proper manner. HTML tags are used to structure the web pages and HTML codes interpreted by the web browser to display web pages.

HTTP is acronyms of Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the communication protocol that is used to transfer hypertext (HTML) data between a web server and client side web browser.

A hyperlink is a clickable link that drives client from one web page to another. By click on the link the page trigger and display another requested document.

Hypertext is a digital text that linked to another web page. This text generally represents the different sections of the website that linked to different informative web pages.