Tech Terms

Cookie
A cookie is a file that is created and stored on a computer that contains information about a user or users' preferences when viewing certain web pages.

CSS
CSS is short for Cascading Style Sheets. These are a means of controlling the display qualities of a webpage

Domain
A domain is a name leased to identify your website on the intenet.

FTP
FTP is short for File Transfer Protocol.

HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language. This is the language behind the World Wide Web. It defines how a page should look to visitors with a web browser.

HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. This protocol defines how computers communicate with each other over the Internet when webpages are requested by a web browser.

IP Address
An IP Address is a 4 section string of numbers used by the internet to locate a website. It is much like a telephone number for your site.

Server
A server is a computer that accepts connections from other computers for the purpose of exchanging information.

Spider/Search bot
A spider is a program or script that systematically follows URLs on a page gathering information.
Typically search engines use spiders to gather information from web sites to increase there search index.

SSH
SSH (Server Shell) is a secure server-side application that allows you to run command line functions on your website.

Telnet
Telnet is a server-side application that allows you to run command line functions on your website.

URL
Uniform Resource Locator. This is the address of a server and it allows computers to route traffic between each other on the Internet.

XHTML
Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language. This is a language similar to HTML but with stricter rules

XSS
XSS stands for Cross Site Scripting. Cross Site Scripting is usually a sign of vulnerability in a software application or script. This allows information to be exchanged with one or more computers without verifying the factuality of that information