Terms Letter: S S/MIME Secure Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extension (S/MIME) is a specification for encrypting and authenticating MIME data. It is a way of making email messages more secure. Scripting Language A programming language designed specifically for Web site programming. Examples are PHP, Perl, Java Script, VBScript, ETC Search engine A «search engine» is a […]
Terms Letter: T T1 A high-speed digital connection capable of transmitting data at a rate of approximately 1.5 million bits per second. A T1 line is typically used by small and medium-sized companies with heavy network traffic. T3 This connection (sometimes referred to as a DS3 line) is made up of a total of 28 […]
Terms Letter: U Unicode A 16-bit character set defined by ISO 10646. It maps digits to characters in languages around the world. Because 16 bits covers 32,768 codes, Unicode is large enough to include all the world’s languages, with the exception of ideographic languages that have a different character for every concept, like Chinese. Unix […]
Terms Letter: V VBScript Short for Visual Basic Scripting Edition, a scripting language developed by Microsoft and supported by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser. VBScript is based on the Visual Basic programming language, but is much simpler. In many ways, it is similar to JavaScript. Yet, Netscape web browsers do not interpret VBScript. Thus, the […]
Terms Letter: W W3C World Wide Web Consortium. An international industry consortium that develops standards for the World Wide Web. WAN – Wide Area Network A Wide Area Network connects computers over a long distance via telephone lines or satellite link. Technically, the Internet itself is a gigantic, worldwide WAN which is owned by various […]
XML Extensible Markup Language. XML is a programming language that enables designers to create their own tags to indicate specific information. XML is intended to deliver information, not just pages. A lot content providing services use XML to deliver syndicate their content. XML/RSS reader A program designed to retrieve XML documents and display their contents […]
ZIP A comressed file format. Both windows and linux applications are available. There is a nice windows based application named WinZIP which you can use to create ZIP files as well as view the contents of already created such files. ZIP functionality is bundled in the Windows XP operating system. Command line zip/unzip utilities are […]
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line – sounds scary doesn’t it. Well, its just a high speed connection to the Internet which uses regular telephone line. It is getting more and more common these days.
Microsoft ActiveX data objects. A unit of information that can be addressed individually in the ActiveX architecture. ADO is commonly used to manipulate data in databases, such as Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Oracle, and Microsoft Access.
In the world of web hosting there are two main types of operating system platforms on which you may host your web site. These are namely: UNIX and Windows . Each has its own set of unique features, advantages and disadvantages. While it is difficult to say which one is the better choice, it is […]