Web Hosting Terminology

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Web Hosting Terminology
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Table of Contents

• DKIM
• Domain Name
• Domain Aliases
• Domain Parking
• Domain Privacy
• Domain Registrar
• DNS
• Drupal
• Ecommerce Hosting
• Email Hosting

• Email Auto Responder
• Error Pages
• Fantastico
• File Permission and FTP
• Forum
• Google and Google Analytics
• Google Webmaster Tool
• Green Hosting
• Guestbook

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DKIM

• DKIM is the abbreviation for Domain Keys
  Identified Mail. The process of DKIM verifies
  whether incoming email messages have originated
  from the sender that has been mentioned. This
  process also aids in ascertaining whether an
  email message has been modified during its
  transit. Enabling the DKIM system ensures that
  the email senders signature is present in the
  message in the digital form. This is made
  possible with the aid of a private key. The
  senders public key is retrieved by the recipient
  through DNS. Then the signature on the email is
  verified by the recipient.

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Domain Name

• Domain name refers to the name of ones website.
  It helps people in finding ones site online.
  Ones desired domain name can be registered. Post
  that ones website will be known by that
  particular domain name.
• Websites are made accessible over the Internet by
  the services and the technology that are provided
  by web hosting companies in the form of web
  hosting. These companies provide the server space
  to store the files of websites and then deliver
  the files on request to make the websites
  accessible. Web hosting can be of different
  types. Terms such as, Linux Dedicated Server
  Hosting, Windows Dedicated Hosting, WordPress
  Hosting etc. refer to different types of web
  hosting.

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Domain Aliases

• A domain alias refers to a domain name which
  points to some other domain. Domain aliases
  enable users to access the same website through
  various web addresses. Domain aliases are created
  by many enterprises by registering multiple
  domain names that are similar and resemble with
  their main domain name in order to direct them to
  the same website.

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1-800-123 -8156

• Whoa! Thats a big number, arent you
  proud?

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Domain Parking

• The process that involves the registration of a
  domain name is called domain parking. Such a
  domain isnt associated with any services, such
  as a website or emails. Domain parking is usually
  done for the purpose of reserving a domain for
  its use in the future.

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Domain Privacy

• Domain privacy refers to a security service which
  various domain name registrars provide. When one
  owns a domain, one can purchase the service of
  domain privacy from ones domain registrar. When
  this service is purchased, the domain registrar
  replaces the purchasers information that is in
  the WHOIS records with some other information
  along with ensuring a forwarding service for
  maintaining the privacy of the purchaser.

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Domain Registrar

• The entity that registers a domain name is
  referred to as the domain registrar. When a
  domain name is purchased, it needs to be
  registered for it to be linked with an IP
  address. It is the main domain registrar who has
  the access that is needed to register domain
  names with the desired domain name extensions,
  such as .com, .co.in, .net etc.

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DNS
DNS is the abbreviation for Domain Name Server.
It translates the internet domain names to IP
addresses. A database of domain names is
maintained by the DNS. It translates these into
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. In the context
of the Internet, many websites are visited daily.
These websites are made accessible by web hosting
companies through web hosting. There are many
types of web hosting, such as shared, dedicated,
cloud, reseller, VPS, WordPress etc. Different
terms are used for different types of hosting
services, such as Linux Dedicated Server
Hosting, Windows Dedicated Hosting, WordPress
Hosting etc.
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Drupal

• Drupal is an open-source and free to use content
  management system that is based on PHP. It
  requires customization, post which one can
  publish content through it to ones website along
  with media files. Drupal can be used easily by
  individuals as well as by groups. A content
  management platform along with a development
  framework is incorporated by Drupal.

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Ecommerce Hosting

• Ecommerce hosting refers to a hosting platform
  that serves the purpose of running an online
  store. This type of hosting enables one to set up
  an online store in the least amount of time.
  Optimized web servers are included in ecommerce
  hosting for managing online stores as well as for
  ecommerce installation and migration.

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Email Hosting

• Email hosting involves the creation of business
  email IDs that are secure, for an organization.
  This type of hosting is backed by a hosting
  platform which manages email servers. If one owns
  a domain name and wants ones email address to be
  associated with that domain name, then one needs
  to sign up for an email hosting service.

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Email Auto Responder

• The auto responder serves the purpose of sending
  automated email responses through a particular
  email address. The draft for auto response emails
  can be created prior to setting these up. The
  auto responder emails are usually used for
  notifying people in the event that one is on a
  vacation or in any other situation when one isnt
  able to reply to emails.

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Error Pages

• An error page refers to a warning page which
  informs ones website visitors of an error on a
  particular web page that they are trying to
  access. An error page is also displayed if there
  is a server related error. Examples of error
  pages are a 500 Internal Server Error, which is
  usually displayed if a server or database is
  down, or a 404 page not found error that appears
  if a requested web page does not exist.

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Fantastico

• Fantastico refers to a script library. It can
  install automatically any web application that is
  required for a website, such as WordPress,
  Joomla, Drupal etc. The website control panel,
  cPanel, can be used to access and install
  Fantastico scripts.

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Forum

• An online community or an online bulletin board
  is known as a forum. One can add a forum to ones
  website with the aid of the control panel and it
  can be customized as per ones needs.

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Google and Google Analytics

• Google
• Google is a search engine and is among the most
  popular ones. It is used to search anything over
  the internet.
• Google Analytics
• Google analytics refers to a web analytics
  platform that is offered by Google and includes
  free and paid services. It not only tracks
  website traffic but also provides essential
  reports with regard to it. It is one of the most
  used web analytics services available over the
  internet.

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Google Webmaster Tool

• Google webmaster tool is a free service that is
  offered by Google. Webmasters use it to check the
  indexing status of website links and to optimize
  websites visibility. It is also known as the
  Google search console.

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Green Hosting
Green hosting refers to an eco-friendly hosting
service. Green technologies are incorporated in
it to provide hosting services. This type of
hosting involves the use of materials that are
environment-friendly. It aims at reducing
emissions along with optimizing resources use.
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Guestbook

• A guestbook is a specific web page which lets
  ones customers leave reviews and comments on
  ones website. It collects information, such as,
  customers names and reviews.
• Every website is made accessible by web hosting
  companies through the service of web hosting,
  which can be of different types. Linux Dedicated
  Server Hosting, Windows Dedicated Hosting,
  WordPress Hosting etc. are some of the
  different terms that are used to refer to
  different types of hosting.

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