A Record
A part of the DNS system that assigns an IP address to a domain name. This record indicates to which IP address a user would be sent when requesting a particular domain name.
Access
A database program by Microsoft that requires a Windows server.
Access host
A feature in cPanel that allows you to specify which IP addresses are allowed to remotely access a MySQL database.
Accessibility
The measure of how accessible a website is. An accessible website provides features that allow the site to be used more easily by users with disabilities.
Activex
A technology developed by Microsoft that allows web applications to be created within the browser. It is only available in
Internet Explorer and is known for having security issues.
Add on domain
An add on domain allows you to run a separate site complete with email capability from your main account. Add on domains will be redirected to a subdirectory of your primary domain's root directory. An add on domain will appear to visitors as a totally separate site with its own domain.
Affiliate
A website that promotes another company's goods and services in return for payment. An affiliate differs from a traditional advertiser because affiliates must deliver sales or leads in order to get paid.
Alias
The same thing as a cname.
Analog
A popular web stats analysis program. It can be downloaded from here: http://www.analog.cx/
Anonymous domain
A service offered by domain registrars which allows registration of a domain without making the personal details of the owner publicly available.
Anonymous FTP
Allows guests to upload files to the account. Files are upload to a separate directory so that the website files can not be altered by guests. Requires dedicated IP address.
Apache
Allows guests to upload files to the account. Files are upload to a separate directory so that the website files can not be altered by guests. Requires dedicated IP address.
Apache Handlers
This is how Apache knows how to handle a particular file, such as handling a CGI script. You can create your own handler, such as forcing the PHP processor to parse all HTML files. Although this is not recommended, it is possible.
Applet
A small application, such as a utility program or limited-function spreadsheet or word processor. Java programs that are run from the browser are always known as applets.
ASCII
(American Standard Code for Information Interchange) Pronounced "ask-ee," it is the built-in binary code for representing characters in all computers except IBM mainframes, which use the EBCDIC coding system. ASCII was originally developed for communications and uses only seven bits per character, providing 128 combinations that include upper and lower case alphabetic letters, the numeric digits and special symbols such as the $ and %. The first 32 characters are set aside for communications and printer control
ASP
Active Server Pages. A web server technology based on Microsoft's ASP, we use Sun One ASP.
ASP Error Codes
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294271&Product=iis60)
Attachment
A file that is attached to an email message.
Authentication
The verification of a user that is logging into a server, such as logging into the cPanel, or enabling SMTP authentication in a mail client. Authentication requires a username and password.
Auto Responders
A mail utility that automatically sends a reply to an e-mail message. Auto responders are used to send back boilerplate information on a topic without having the requester do anything more than e-mail a particular address. They are also used to send a confirmation that the message has been received.
