Glossary
Technical terms for hosting, domains, email, and servers explained in plain English.
A 5 terms
A Record A Record: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. Angular Angular: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service. Apache Apache: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. API API: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service. AutoSSL AutoSSL: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to security within a hosting service.
B 5 terms
Backup Backup: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Bandwidth Bandwidth: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Blacklist Blacklist: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to email within a hosting service. Bootstrap Bootstrap: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service. Bounce (email bounce) Bounce (email bounce): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to email within a hosting service.
C 10 terms
Cache Cache: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. CDN CDN: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. CentOS CentOS: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. Cloud Hosting Cloud Hosting: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. CloudLinux CloudLinux: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. CNAME Record CNAME Record: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. Control Panel Control Panel: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. cPanel cPanel: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Cron Job Cron Job: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service. CSS CSS: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service.
D 12 terms
Debian Debian: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. Dedicated IP Dedicated IP: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. Dedicated Server Dedicated Server: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. DirectAdmin DirectAdmin: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to email within a hosting service. DMARC DMARC: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to email within a hosting service. DNS DNS: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. DNS Propagation DNS Propagation: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. Domain Domain: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. Domain Grace Period Domain Grace Period: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. Downtime Downtime: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Drupal Drupal: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to web applications and CMS within a hosting service.
E 1 term
F 5 terms
Failover Failover: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. Fantastico Fantastico: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to general concepts within a hosting service. FileZilla FileZilla: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to general concepts within a hosting service. Firewall Firewall: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to security within a hosting service. FTP FTP: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service.
H 2 terms
I 2 terms
J 3 terms
JavaScript JavaScript: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service. Joomla Joomla: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to web applications and CMS within a hosting service. jQuery jQuery: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service.
K 1 term
L 5 terms
Latency Latency: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. LEMP LEMP: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. Let's Encrypt Let's Encrypt: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to general concepts within a hosting service. LiteSpeed LiteSpeed: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. Load Balancer Load Balancer: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service.
M 7 terms
Magento Magento: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to web applications and CMS within a hosting service. Malware Malware: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to security within a hosting service. MariaDB MariaDB: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to databases within a hosting service. Moodle Moodle: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to web applications and CMS within a hosting service. Multi-Domain Hosting Multi-Domain Hosting: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. MX Record MX Record: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. MySQL MySQL: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to databases within a hosting service.
N 5 terms
Nameservers Nameservers: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. Nginx Nginx: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. Node.js Node.js: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service. NS Record NS Record: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. NVMe: What it is and its importance in hosting services NVMe: What it is and its importance in hosting services: simple explanation of what it is, what it's for and when to review it in hosting.
O 2 terms
P 11 terms
Pending Delete (Domain deletion period) Pending Delete (Domain deletion period): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. Phishing Phishing: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to security within a hosting service. PHP PHP: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service. phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to databases within a hosting service. Plesk Plesk: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. POP3 (Post Office Protocol) POP3 (Post Office Protocol): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to email within a hosting service. Port 25 (SMTP) Port 25 (SMTP): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to email within a hosting service. PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to databases within a hosting service. PrestaShop PrestaShop: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to web applications and CMS within a hosting service. public_html public_html: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Python Python: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service.
R 5 terms
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. Redirect Redirect: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Redundancy Redundancy: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. Reseller Hosting Reseller Hosting: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Ruby Ruby: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to programming and web development within a hosting service.
S 13 terms
Scalability Scalability: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to general concepts within a hosting service. SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Shared Hosting Shared Hosting: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. Shopify Shopify: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to web applications and CMS within a hosting service. Site Builder Site Builder: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to web applications and CMS within a hosting service. SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to email within a hosting service. Softaculous Softaculous: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. SolusVM SolusVM: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. SPF (Sender Policy Framework) SPF (Sender Policy Framework): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to email within a hosting service. SRV Record SRV Record: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. SSH (Secure Shell) SSH (Secure Shell): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to hosting and control panels within a hosting service. SSL Certificate A short definition of SSL/TLS certificates and HTTPS. Subdomain Subdomain: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service.
T 4 terms
TLD (Top-Level Domain) TLD (Top-Level Domain): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. TLS (Transport Layer Security) TLS (Transport Layer Security): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to security within a hosting service. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to security within a hosting service. TXT Record TXT Record: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service.
U 2 terms
V 4 terms
Virtualization Virtualization: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to servers and virtualization within a hosting service. VMware VMware: what it is, what it's for and how it relates to servers and virtualisation in a hosting service. VPN (Virtual Private Network) VPN (Virtual Private Network): what it is, what it's for and how it relates to security in a hosting service. VPS (Virtual Private Server) VPS (Virtual Private Server): what it is, what it's for and how it relates to servers and virtualisation in a hosting service.
W 6 terms
Webmail Webmail: what it is, what it's for and how it relates to email in a hosting service. What is an IP address? An IP address: what it is, what it's for, and how it relates to domains and DNS within a hosting service. WHM (Web Host Manager) WHM (Web Host Manager): what it is, what it's for and how it relates to server management in a hosting service. WHOIS WHOIS: what it is, what it's for and how it relates to domains and DNS in a hosting service. WooCommerce WooCommerce: what it is, what it's for and how it relates to web applications and CMS in a hosting service. WordPress WordPress: what it is, what it's for and how it relates to web applications and CMS in a hosting service.
X 1 term
Z 1 term