What is .htaccess The .htaccess file is a simple text file (in ASCII format). In general you can use, .htaccess files to change some configuration directives of the apache web server. However, .htaccess files can do lot more than simply change some settings of your web server as you will find from the topics listed […]
Imagine this: You have a killer idea for a new online business. You spend months developing your web site, you make it SEO (Search engine optimization) friendly, you sign up for web hosting, and you start about the rigorous task of promoting your new small business venture, but no one in your target market comes. […]
Terms Letter: 0 .com It is a top level domain name(TLD). Very popular one. Its primary purpose was to be used by commercial enterprises. However nowadays the .COM are the most commonly used domains. .gif It is a file extension used for image files. A graphics file format developed by CompuServe and used for transmitting […]
ActiveX ActiveX is a model for writing programs.Developed by Microsoft ActiveX technologies are based on COM (Component Object Model). For example Flash movies are using ActiveX to be displayed in a user browser. ActiveX can be used with a variety of programming languages and in an Internet programming environment. Addon domains A term used to […]
Terms Letter: B B Channel The ISDN bearer server channel. This channel carries digital voice and/or data transmission at a rate of 64 Kbit/sec. Primarily used for data (as opposed to signaling) transmissions. Backbone A term that is often used to describe the main network connections that comprise the Internet or other major network. This […]
Terms Letter: D D Channel It is the data chanel of an ISDN connection. Its speed can be 16 or 64 Kbps Data transfer In context of web hosting, it is the total amount of data that has been transfered for a given period. The amount it being calculated based on the size of all […]
Terms Letter: C C/C++ One of the most popular programming languages. Most of the software programs and application are being written in C/C++. These can also be used for web programming. You can write your own C program and execute it as CGI on your web server after compilation. The advantages of programming in C […]
Terms Letter: E E-Business Short for electronic business. It is a way of conducting business using web and Internet technologies. In other words you use Internet to sale goods and services. It extends the traditional business practices using the modern Internet technologies. An example for e-Business is a online store with shopping cart and online […]
Terms Letter: F Fantastico A popular script auto-installer. A web based application included in some web hosting Control Panels (CPanel for example). It contains a collection of free scripts such as PHPBB, WordPress, PHPNuke, Mambo, etc. Using Fantastico you can easily have any of the free scripts installed on your hosting account with a few […]
Terms Letter: G Gateway A TCP/IP host(e.g computer or other hardware or software device) that has access to two or more different LAN networks. As such, it can forward messages across networks that other hosts would not be able to access. Gigabit Ethernet A term to describe Ethernet at 1000Mbit/sec as opposed to 10Mbit/sec (just […]