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.biz

.biz is a top-level extension which is intended for company use. The .biz domain was established in 2001 and was founded to abet the fantastic hunger for .com domain extensions.

.com

.com correctly means commercial. .com is a top-level domain and is one of the initial top-level domain names, created in 1985. Right now the .com extension is the best used extension on the internet. The .com domain could be registered by any man or woman or organization globally.

.edu

The .edu domain extension is a top-level domain meant for educational institutions. The .edu domain extension was established in nineteen-eighty-five.

.net

The .net extension was one of the first extension domains inaugurated, commenced in January of nineteen-eighty-five. The .net extension was first derived for the use of network oriented entities such as internet service providers (ISPs). At the present time there are no inhibitions, on who can and cannot register domain names with a .net domain.

.org

The .org domain extension was one of the earliest top-level extensions, initially originated for the use of organisations. The .org domain extension was brought out by in the early months of 1985 and is now accessible to all World Wide Web users.

.gif

A bitmap image format, Graphics Interchange Format was derived in 1987 and is a commonplace formation in use all over the Internet.

.jpeg

Created by Joint Photographic Experts Group, the .jpeg or .jpg (also known as a JPEG) is an accepted configuration for the compression of electronic images. The .jpeg is a familiar format commonly used the net for storing and transmitting .

.mov

A file form established by Apple personal computer. The .mov domain is used to view files communications the Quicktime media player.

.mpg

The term .mpeg actually stands for "Motion Picture Experts Group". .mpeg makes reference to a group of compression standards for coding audiovisual information.

.zip

The .zip is a well-known file compression arrangement employed all over the world

100Base T

Similar to the 10BaseT, although the 100BaseT runs at 100 Mbps. 100Base T is a 100 Megabit per second Ethernet protocol which enables ports to be united via a pair of twisted cables. Signals are broadcast at 100 Megabits per second.

10Base T

A 10 Megabit per second Ethernet protocol which permits ports to be bracketed via a pair of twisted cables. Signals are sent at 10 Mbps and the "T" literally means the twisted pair cables.

A Record

An A record is a peripheral of a zone file, which is employed to send domain names to a particular IP address.

Access

Access is named a relational database developed by Microsoft that works in a Windows locale. It is used by all levels of developers who wish to create and process material.

Active Channel

Used in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Active Channel is employed on websites which most often update content.

Active X

ActiveX is a technology originated by Microsoft, it allows software constituents to interact with one another in a networked situation. ActiveX is related to other Microsoft technologies such as Object Linking and Embedding as well as component Object Model.

ADSL

ADSL literally stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop. ADSL is a technology which grants greater data to be transferred across existing copper telephone lines. ADSL is a stock form of DSL technology which is used by many homes and small businesses. The download speed is usually much greater than the upload speed.

Anonymous FTP

Anonymous FTP enables consumers to receive access of files, programs, and documents which have been archived on the World Wide Web and available to all. A specific user identification or password is not necessary in order to login to an anonymous FTP site.

Applet

A Java application which can present animation and database queries. The info can be sent from a web server to a user's computer and executed on the client.

Archie

Archie is a search tool which retrieves specific files stored on anonymous FTP sites.

ARPANet

ARPANet means Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. ARPANet was introduced in the mid 1960s by the United States Department of Defense as an experiment in wide-area networking as a method of communication in the event of a nuclear attack. ARPANet can be considered as the precursor to the internet.

ASP

ASP correctly stands for Active Server Pages. ASP is a web server extension started by Microsoft. ASP permits websites to be dynamically brought out via scripts, HTML, and ActiveX.

ATM

ATM actually means Asynchronous Transfer Mode, which is a technology based on transferring instruction groups over a dedicated connection. ATM allows the transmission of different types of data such as video and audio.

ASCII

An acronym for the American Standard Code for advice Interchange. ASCII is a staple set of codes used for the representation of characters, numbers, symbols, and control characters in data communication and storage.

Backbone

A backbone is made up of high-speed lines and connections which serve as the main network connections that produce the internet.

Bandwidth

the amount of knowledge that can be transferred over a specific network across a certain amount of time. Bandwidth is almost always measured in Megabits per second.

Baud

A rate of data transfer which is based upon the numbers (generally bits) transferred per second.

BBS

An acronym for Bulletin Board System, BBS is a combination commonly in use across the net which grants persons to share knowledge and messages with each other.

Binhex

A method employed to transfer files from a non-text format into ASCII text.

Bit

Binary Digit, a bit is the smallest unit of info that a PC can recognize.

BITNET

An acronym for Because It's Time Network, is a format that permits academic and research facilities to remain coupled. The BITNET network is typically employed for email, file transfers, and mailing lists.

BPS

an abbreviation for Bits per Second, BPS is the measurement of the number of bits that can be transferred over a certain network.

Browser

A software program used to look at and navigate the World Wide Web.

BTW

An acronym mainly used online in various forms of messaging. BTW is shorthand for "by the way".

Byte

A byte is a series of eight bits which collectively represent a single character.

Certificate Authority

A third party which performs the duties of a notary across the Internet. A certificate authority is an authority in a network that issues and manages security credentials for message encryption and decryption over the World Wide Web.

CGI

CGI is an acronym for Common Gateway Interface and allows pages created with HTML to interact with programming applications.

CGI-BIN

A CGI-BIN is a storage folder that contains CGI scripts.

Client

A computer with the ability to contact and retrieve advice for a server program or another PC.

Co-Location

Refers to the situation where the owner of a server has his/her server physically located at a data center owned by another entity.

Cold Fusion

A software application that creates dynamic database driven HTML pages.

Contact Record

When an individual registers a domain, the registrar of the domain name maintains the contact information for the technical, billing, and administrative contact.

Cookie

A file on a personal computer which records user instruction. Websites very often use cookies in order to identify specific consumers.

Cyberpunk

An individual, often a programmer, who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or alter material.

Cyberspace

A term coined in 1984 by author William Gibson in order to describe the world of personal computers and the society which is gathered around PCs. The entire Internet can be categorized as "cyberspace".

DNS

"DNS" is short for the domain System, which is the system that translates net extensions into IP numbers.

Dedicated Server

An advanced form of web hosting where the customer normally has complete control over the server. Dedicated Servers are commonly housed in data centers. Dedicated servers may be compared to shared web hosting servers; where in shared hosting you find the web hosting organisation administering and control the server, a dedicated server is almost always controlled by the server's owner and he or she controls which websites are hosted on the server.

Digerati

Digerati is the digital version of literati and consists of elite people in the personal computer and online communities.

Domain

A domain is the unique name that identifies an internet site. A domain name is the text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a PC on the World Wide Web.

Domain Parking

"Domain Parking" is a specific status of a domain following the completion of its registration. Rather than placing an active website for a specific extension, an individual may decide to hold the domain name and not do anything active with the extension.

Domain Registration

The process by which a business or individual selects a domain and later officially registers the domain conversations an approved extension registrar.

Domain Registrant

An individual or company who is the owner and the woman or man(s) involved with the registration of a domain name.

Domain Registrar

A organisation that is accredited by the internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in order to provide extension registration services for a fee.

Domain Registry

A domain registry has two main tasks. One task is giving out domain names under their top level extension to those who ask for them; and the other task is making the database of domain registrations attainable around the world.

Domain Renewal

domain names are registered by the year and once the registered domain expires, the registrant has the option of either keeping the domain name and "renewing" the registration or he/she can decide to cancel the registration service and allow the public to register the extension.

Domain Resolution

The function that converts a domain name, whether private or on the public Internet, into an IP address.

Domain Transfer

To renew a extension with a registrar who was not the registrar who originally provided the registration facility, an owner must first transfer sponsorship of the domain to the new registrar.

E-commerce

Electric commerce: the conducting of business communication and transactions over networks and communications computers. Specifically, ecommerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, and the transfer of funds, conversations digital communications.

E-mail

Electronic mail: Mail composed and transmitted on a personal computer organization or network.

Ethernet

A method of networking computers in a local area network (LAN).

FAQ

FAQ's are mainly employed on the net and often provide a good mechanism of gaining an overview on a topic.

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface. FDDI is a 100 Megabits per second fiber optic LAN. It is an ANSI customary. It utilises a "counter-rotated" Token ring topology. An FDDI LAN is typically called a "backbone" LAN. It is used for joining file servers together and for joining other LANs together.

Finger

An Internet software tool for locating individuals on other internet sites.

Fire Wall

A Firewall is a arrangement which limits network access between several networks. Normally, a Firewall is deployed between a trusted, protected private network and an untrusted public network.

Flame War

An argument or ongoing sequence of hostile communications between two or more people in a public forum on the World Wide Web.

FrontPage

A Microsoft application that can be employed as an end-to-end website management tool.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol: The accepted net protocol for transferring files from one PC to another.

Gateway

A PC utilidor that connects two incompatible services such as a commercial online facility and the Internet.

Gigabyte

A unit of storage measurement consisting of one billion bytes (one thousand megabytes).

Gopher

A program which uses a network of interlinked menus for accessing publicly distributed resources and documents on computers distributed across the internet.

Hit

In the context of visitors to web pages, a hit (or site hit) is one access request made to the server for either a text file or a graphic.

Homepage

The main page of a web site. More often than not, the home page serves as an index or table of contents to other documents stored at the website.

Host

A personal computer affiliated to the net.

Hosting

The service which offers accessibility and maintenance of disk space on which an World Wide Web website is positioned. Ultimate Domains UK is a web hosting leader and grants web hosting services to individuals and businesses all around the earth. Ultimate Domains UK gives a complete hosting package called the Ultimate Hosting Plan which comprises of Unlimited Disk Space; Unlimited SubDomains; Unlimited MySQL Databases; Unlimited Email Accounts; Unlimited Bandwidth and a Website Builder, plus a myriad of software and other wonderful products like reseller web hosting.

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language is the authoring software language used on the World Wide Web's net. HTML is employed for creating Internet pages.

HTTP

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the set of rules for exchanging files (text, graphic pictures, sound, video, and other multimedia files) on the internet.

Hypertext

This term describes the scheme that grants documents to be cross- linked in such a way that the reader can explore similar documents by clicking on a highlighted word or symbol.

Index Server

Index Server is an advanced search engine. An Index Server permits for an effective search of your web site since it is fully customizable and can be set not to need constant re-indexing.

Internet

A worldwide network of computers that enables the "sharing" or "networking" of instruction at remote sites from other academic institutions, research institutes, private organizations, government agencies, and persons.

Intranet

A private network that is contained within an enterprise, which utilises Internet protocols.

IP

Internet Protocol. A packet-based protocol for delivering data across networks.

IP Address

(Internet Protocol Address) A unique number consisting of 4 parts separated by dots, eg 165.113.245.2 Every machine that is on the net has a unique IP address - if a machine does not have an IP address, it is not really on the internet. Most machines also have one or more domain names that are easier for people to remember.

IRC

Internet Relay Chat. A live chat area of the World Wide Web in which real-time communications among two or more persons take place via special software. Each specific IRC channel begins with a # and is dedicated to a different area of interest. IRC is considered another part of the technology of the net the same way FTP, Telnet and the Web are.

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network. An international usual for end-to-end digital transmission of voice, data, and signaling. In a videoconference it is a entity that implements simultaneous voice, video, and text transmission between individual desktop videoconferencing systems and group (room) videoconferencing systems.

ISP

Internet Service Provider. A organization that furnishes access to the internet. Before you can connect to the World Wide Web you must first establish an account with an ISP.

Java

Java is a programming language invented by Sun Microsystems. Java programs (or "applets") can be downloaded from the Internet to your personal computer. They can also be used to enhance Web pages. Common Java applets employed on Web pages include animation, calculators, and counters.

JDK

The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a Sun product targeted at Java producers. Since the inception of Java, it has been by far the most generally employed Java SDK.

Kilobyte

A thousand bytes. To be more accurate, one kilobyte actually contains 1024 bytes. Since the prefix "kilo" is associated with 1000, the term kilobyte is used to define 1024 bytes.

LAN

A local area network (LAN) is a PC network covering a local area, like a home, office or small group of buildings such as a college.

Leased-Line

A dedicated telephone line that is rented for exclusive 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week use from one location to another.

Linux

Linux is a free open-source operating totality based on Unix. Linux was originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of makers from around the globe. Ultimate Domains UK administers its customers with linux web hosting solutions and services.

Listserv

Mailing list program for communicating with other individuals who have subscribed to the same list. Using e-mail, you can participate in listservs pertaining to your topics of interest. When you submit a message to the server, your message is relayed to all those on the listserv. You get messages from other participants via e-mail. It is similar to personal computer conferencing, but a listserv is asynchronous.

Login

A way for you to type your username and password to gain access to restricted info or websites. A login is also a security measure for PC networks. A login ensures administrators that only authorized persons are gaining access to network resources.

Mailing List

An e-mail setup that includes multiple recipients as part of its address. List servers maintain a list of email addresses to be used for the mailing list. Subscribing and unsubscribing to the list is accomplished by sending a properly formatted email message to the list server. There are two types of mailing lists: moderated and unmoderated.

Megabyte

A unit of measurement equal to 1 million bytes or 1,024 kilobytes or 1,048,576 bytes.

MIDI

Musical Instrument Digital Interface. MIDI is a standardized protocol for communication between electronic music devices as well as between those devices and computers.

MIME

Multipurpose Internet Mail domains. A protocol for World Wide Web e-mail that enables the transmission of non-text data such as graphics, audio, video and other binary types of files.

Mirror

A computer complex that contains a duplicate copy of knowledge stored in another structure. In Search Engine Marketing, mirrors are generally employed in an effort to target different keywords or keyword phrases. However the use of mirrors is against the Search Engines Guidelines and could get your site banned from the Search Engines.

Modem

A device that allows PC advice to be sent over a telephone line. Modems convert the digital signal to analog so it can travel the phone line and then back to digital again for processing.

Modify

A function where contact information or DNS material can be updated to reflect new changes pertaining to a domain. Administrative and Technical Contacts have the ability to modify extension knowledge. You can Log In using your User ID and Password after you have registered a domain and make on-line modifications to your contact record and DNS advice. Also known as an SQL command employed to update currently existing records in a table.

MOO

Multiuser Object-Oriented habitat. Derived from MUD (Multiuser Dungeon), MOO offers individuals a means to communicate in real time with objects using just a shell account. Some MOOs are used in academic environments for distance education or collaboration such as Diversity University; but others are primarily social in nature, or used for role-playing games (RPGs).

Mosaic

Mosaic is a web browser (client) for the internet written at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Its development began in 1992 and officially ceased on January 7, 1997. The popularity of this program has caused its name to be often employed as a generic term to refer to browsers of the world wide web.

MUD

Similar to a MOO (Multi Object Oriented game), a MUD is a multi-user simulation setting. They are text-based environments in which many users are able to communicate and construct an environment in 'real-time.'

MUSE

Multi-User Simulated context -- One kind of MUD - usually with little or no violence.

MX Record

Mail eXchange Record is an entry in a domain name database that specifies a mail server to handle a extension's email. If a host has three MX records, a mailer will try to deliver to all three before queuing the mail.

NT

An advanced version of the Windows operating conformity. Windows NT is a 32-bit operating classification that supports preemptive multitasking. There are actually two versions of Windows NT: Windows NT Server, designed to act as a server in networks and Windows NT Workstation for stand-alone or client workstations.

Name Server

Name servers are setup to maintain host addresses for each sub-extension or zone within the name space as well as to maintain the address of root name server. Using recursive, queries or referring clients to other servers, a DNS server is capable of resolving the IP address for any host in the net.

Netiquette

Network etiquette; an informal group of rules and ways of behaving on the net.

Netizen

Derived from the term citizen, referring to a citizen of the Internet, or someone who uses networked resources. The term cannotes civic responsibility and participation.

Network

A group of computers, combined by a telecommunications link, that share information. A network can be composed of any combination of LANs, or WANs.

NIC

Network material Center: An organization which supplies network consumers with instruction relating to services provided by the network. One of the most well-known of these on the internet is the InterNIC, which is where new domains are registered.

NNTP

Network News Transfer Protocol. A common method by which articles over Usenet are transferred. Node

Any device that is directly linked to a network, commonly conversations an Ethernet cable. Nodes include file servers and shared peripherals.

OC-3

A fiber optic line carrying 155 Mbps; a United States designation that is very often recognized across the telecommunications community the world over.

Packet Switching

A method of switching data in a network. Individual packets of a set size and format are accepted by the network and delivered to their destination. The sequence of packets is maintained, and destination inaugurated, by the exchange of control info (also contained in the packets) between the sending terminal and the network before the transmission starts. The network is open to all users, lastingly, with packets from the various nodes being interleaved throughout the network.

Password

a group of characters that is used to access something, such as checking e-mail. At Ultimate Domains UK we recommend you use a password that has both numbers and letters and is not a comprised of a common word, such as a word found in the dictionary.

Plug-in

A plugin is a program written by someone that is integrated into another application. The program plugs into the application. Plugins normally provide additional functionality that isn't available in the application.

POP

Post Office Protocol asserts to a method that e-mail client software such as THOR gets mail from a mail server. Point of Presence applies to an access point to the World Wide Web. Ultimate Domains UK hosting accounts come with POP3 email support and hosting.

Port

Port - One of the network input/output channels of a personal computer running TCP/IP. In the internet, port usually refers to the port number a server is running on. A single personal computer can have many Web servers running on it, but only one server can be running on each port. The default port for Internet servers is 80.

Posting

A single message entered into a network communications arrangement, for example posting to a newsgroup, blog, or message board.

PPP

Point to Point Protocol. Protocol encapsulating a connection to a TCP/IP network communications a modem and a telephone line.

Propagation

The process of updating a domain name across the world's net servers. Propagation can take between three to five days. For more instruction please contact Ultimate Domains UK's customer support for info on domain propagation.

RFC

RFC, which stands for Request For Comments is an World Wide Web document. RFC is the name given to discussion and documentation papers for World Wide Web standards.

Router

A device or setup that finds the most relevant route between any two networks, even if there are several networks to traverse. It also chooses the best path between two networks when there are multiple paths. Some people see a router as a super intelligent bridge.

Security Certificate

A large set of information (very often stored as a text file) that is employed by the SSL protocol to establish a secure connection.

Server

A server is a PC that handles requests for data, email, file transfers, and other network services from other computers. All Ultimate Domains UK web hosting accounts are kept on a server, if you would like more knowledge on Ultimate Domains UK hosting products please visit the Ultimate Domains UK Products page.

Shockwave

A technology started by Macromedia, Inc. that grants Web pages to include multimedia objects. Shockwave player is the web established for multimedia playback over the Internet. It permits the user to see interactive 3D content, entertainment and online learning material. Ultimate Domains UK websites support Shockwave therefore your site can include multimedia objects.

SLIP

SLIP correctly means Serial Line internet Protocol. SLIP applies to a method of net connection that allows computers to use phone lines and a modem to connect to the World Wide Web without having to connect to a host. Today SLIP is not widely employed especially when compared to years past.

SMDS

SMDS literally means Switched Multimegabit Data Service. SMDS is a public, packet-based network service aimed at enterprises that exchange large amounts of data with other enterprises over a WAN on a non-constant or bursty basis. SMDS bestows packet switched bandwidth, on demand, in increments up to 34 megabits.

SMTP

SMTP actually means Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, which is a protocol used to send and receive email. Ultimate Domains UK email hosting servers support SMTP.

SNMP

SNMP means Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is a protocol governing network management and the monitoring of network devices and their functions. It is almost always employed with TCP/IP networks, although it is not limited to TCP/IP networks. A host receiving an SNMP trap must be configured so it can respond to the trap.

Spam

Spam refers to electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. Some people define spam even more typically as any unsolicited e-mail. Spam is considered to be very bad netiquette. Ultimate Domains UK email hosting services help protect users from spam email getting into their inbox.

SQL

Structured Query Language (SQL), pronounced "sequel", is a language that equips an interface to relational database systems. SQL can also be used to update, insert, and delete data. Ultimate Domains UK web hosting plans support SQL.

SSL

The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a often-used protocol for managing the security of a message transmission over the net. Sockets asserts to the sockets method of passing data back and forth between a client and a server program in a network or between program layers in the same personal computer. SSL uses the public-and private-key encryption totality, which includes the use of a digital certificate. All Ultimate Domains UK shared web hosting accounts come with an SSL certificate on the server, although if you wish to have your own dedicated SSL certificate, you could do so by talking to our Support Department.

Sysop

A Sysop is short for "classification operator", and is a commonly employed term for the administrator of a bulletin board complex (BBS) or special-interest area of an online facility or, historically, the operators of any PC combination, especially a mainframe PC. The individual responsible for the day-to-day operations of a personal computer conformity or network. In large corporations, this person can be the head of the IS (material systems) department.

T-1

A connection capable of carrying data at 1,544,000 bits per second. T-1 is most normally used to connect networks to the internet. T1 lines are generally employed by small and medium-sized organisations with heavy network traffic. They can send and get extremely large text files, graphics, sounds, and databases very quickly.

T-3

A T-3 line is made up of 28 T1 lines or 44.736 million bits per second (generally referred to as 45 Megabits per second). A T-3 line can handle 672 voice conversations. T-3 runs on fiber optic and is often called FT-3. A T-3 connection is extremely expensive to maintain, and is reserved for only the largest network installations. As with T-1, fractional T-3 is accessible, providing a portion of a T-3 pipe for a fraction of the cost of a full T-3 connection.

TCP/IP

(Transmission Control Protocol & Internet Protocol), TCP is one of the main protocols in TCP/IP networks. Whereas the IP protocol deals only with packets, TCP permits two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams of data. TCP guarantees delivery of data and also guarantees that packets will be delivered in the same order in which they were sent. TCP/IP is a communications protocol established under contract from the US Department of Defense to network dissimilar systems. Invented by Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn, this de facto UNIX authoritative is the protocol of the internet and has become the global standard for communications.

Terabyte

A terabyte is a measure of computer data storage capacity and is one thousand billion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes. It is usually abbreviated TB.

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Terminal

A device that grants you to send commands to a computer elsewhere. At a minimum, this almost always means a keyboard and a display screen an some simple circuitry. Usually you will use terminal software in a personal PC- the software pretends to be (emulates) a physical terminal and allows you to type commands to a personal computer somewhere else. me the code TTY is derived and is normally used to identify a generic terminal. The console is the main terminal directly linked to the personal computer. The term terminal is typically employed to mean the unit made by the keyboard and the display. The data stream received from a terminal is very often referred to as approved input, ie one refer to what has been entered conversations the keyboard.

Terminal Server

A device that connects a number of terminals (or a number of modems) to a server or host. An Internet Service Provider (ISP) will have a rack of terminal servers, each connected to a rack of modems, that answer incoming data calls. The terminal server accommodates network routing from the modem lines to the network.

Top Level Domain

A Top Level extension (TLD) is the uppermost in the hierarchy of domain names. In a domain, the top level domain name is that part of the extension that is furthest to the right. For example, the "com" in www.ultimate-domains-uk.com. If you are looking to register a domain name, you should consider Ultimate Domains UK who offer domain registration for only '3.50 per year.

Trademark

A name, symbol, or other device identifying a product, officially registered and legally restricted to the use of the owner or manufacturer. Trademark law could be different globally. If someone registers a extension such as Google.to then Google would require to go to the courts in Tonga to fight to get the name back. Expensive international litigation is one reason why it is important to protect your trademarks before someone else registers the names.

UNIX

An operating scheme co-created by AT&T researchers Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. Ritchie and Thompson originated the UNIX operating organization in the year 1969. UNIX has TCP/IP built in, and is therefore one of the most widely used operating systems for servers on the World Wide Web. Ultimate Domains UK offers web hosting plans which operate on UNIX including the popular Ultimate Hosting Account.

URL

The Uniform Resource Locator is the address of a resource attainable on the World Wide Web. For example the URL for the Ultimate Domains UK homepage is http://www.ultimate-domains-uk.com. The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use, and the second part specifies the IP address or the extension where the resource is positioned. URLs may be either absolute (containing the entire address of the resource) or relative (containing only a part of the address).

USENET

A global bulletin board setup that can be accessed communications the Internet or communications many online services. Each newsgroup acts as a public discussion forum and can be read by anyone at any Usenet site internationally using a newsreader. When a user posts an article to a newsgroup the article is distributed around the Usenet network to those sites carrying the particular newsgroup. There are more than 25,000 USENET discussion groups today.

UUENCODE

correctly stands for Unix to Unix Encoding which is a method for converting files from Binary to ASCII (text) so that they can be sent across the net via e-mail.

Veronica

An internet tool that enables you to search by keyword conversations gopher titles and directories. The Veronica database could be searched from most major gophermenus. Veronica was brought out in 1992 by Steven Foster and Fred Barrie at the University of Nevada.

VB Script

A subset of Visual Basic, which is employed to create scripting within HTML documents. This scripting can be run on Internet Explorer browsers. Meant to be an alternative to JavaScript for Microsoft lovers. VBScript is also comparable to JScript.

WAN

WAN is a group of PC networks associated together over long distances. The internet is a WAN. Typical WAN interfaces include plain old telephone service (POTS) lines, digital subscriber lines (DSL), cable, T1/T3, and ISDN. WAN is short for Wide Area Network. reseller web hosting.

Web Hosting

A Web hosting business is a entity that specialises in hosting web sites for other companies on their servers. A great example of a web hosting company is Ultimate Domains UK, who is one of the UK's largest web hosting providers. Web hosting is a service that renders World Wide Web consumers with online systems for looking after advice, images, video, or any content accessible via the web. A individual does not require a computer or net access to be hosted. In order to get more instruction about web hosting services and Ultimate Domains UK, please contact Ultimate Domains UK's support.

Web

A hypertext-based, distributed advice entity originally created by researchers at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, to assist with sharing research material. The Web is a network of servers linked together by a prevailing protocol, allowing access to millions of hypertext resources. It is also named WWW, W3 and the Web. The term is commonly mistakenly used as a synonym for the World Wide Web, but the Web is actually a service that operates over the internet.

Whois

WHOIS databases contain nameserver, registrar, and in some cases, full contact information to do with a domain. Each registrar must maintain a WHOIS database containing all contact info for the domain names they host. This knowledge is provided free of charge to the public conversations a search for WHOIS knowledge in that database. If you are looking to see if a domain name is accessible or not, you can do this via a WHOIS search or by visiting Ultimate Domains UK's extension page.

ZoneFile

A zone file is stored on a name server and imparts advice relating to one or more domains. Each zone file contains a list of DNS records with mappings between domains and IP addresses. These records define the IP address of a domain name, the reverse lookup of an IP to other extensions, and contain DNS and mail server info. Zone files are also named master files.

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