Hosting, or in this case web hosting is the capability to store formatted documents (usually in HTML) and transmit the document information to a user’s computer to be displayed (in most all cases) on a web browser. Hosting is usually a paid service. Hosting also usually consist of a control panel to help the operator […]
A glossary of terms from Websnoogie, LLC, helps answer questions for web design, web hosting, SEO, and computers. We provide the glossary to reach out to our website visitors. It helps them better understand the terminology used in the industry. The more we can help you with good information, we feel it makes for a much better relationship. Some of the areas that we cover are:
Areas that are covered by the website design and hosting glossary:
- Web Design Terms
- Hosting Terminology
- Internet Terminology
- Infrastructure Terms
- VOIP Telephony Terms
- Computer Terminology
- Marketing Terminology
- and much more!
We hope that you will gain valuable information from viewing our Omaha web design and hosting glossary. Please contact me if you would like to have new terms added and you have any questions regarding the terminology or services.
Name Servers, or sometimes used as nameservers is a web hosting term for a human language of IP addresses pointing at a domain or a particular host. Typically, you will have 2 name servers so if one fails, the other will point that domain to the correct location. The process of performing the pointing of […]
The .htaccess is a hidden file usually kept in the root directory of a web application that stores information and provides more control over the web hosting server. Some server applications can be accessed with .htaccess files, and the information that is entered can also control who can visit a website or server. .htaccess can […]
The CTR or click through rate comes from your analytics, such as Google Analytics, and is a formula to determine the ratio of the number of visitors to your website to the number of visitors who clicked a certain link on your website. The formula is very important to web designers and marketers. If a […]
A dedicated server is a server that usually offers total control. You can install any software, reboot the system, shutdown, and install and manage plugins. As with all hosting options, you have two basic flavors on dedicated servers, Windows™ and Linux. You also have two options for your server, and that is managed and unmanaged. […]
A virtual private server(VPS) is usually built as a container on a dedicated server. The functions of a VPS work the same way as a private dedicated server. The best analogy to understand the VPS is that it is only a “piece of the pie” and from the view of the VPS, it is the
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can travel through one give point in an increment of time (usually seconds). The bandwidth is most commonly mistaken for the speed in which data travels, but all data travels at the same speed (speed of light). Compare bandwidth to water through a pipe. If you have 2 […]
DNS also known as a Domain Name System is a computer that is used with networks (including the internet) to look up domain names (website names) and respond by sending the corresponding IP back to the computer doing the request. To put it simply, we as humans can not remember all the IP numbers for […]
WordPress is a website framework or often called a content management system. WordPress has an area to login and you can modify (edit) information on a website through a what you see is what you get editor (WYSIWYG editor and pronounced wizzey-wig). Originally WordPress was developed to build blogs. Now 1 out of every 5 […]
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