Packet
In networking, a packet is a unit of information transmitted as a discrete entity from one node on the network to another. More specifically, in packet-switching networks, a packet is a transmission unit of a fixed maximum length that contains a header, a set of data, and error control information.
Page Rank.
Google's patent pending technology that rates the "importance" of a given web page. Page Rank is used by Google (among other things) to determine a page's rank on Google's query results page.
Parked domain
A parked domain is a domain that points to the primary domain for your account. For example, if your primary domain is
example.com, you can point example.net to the same content by parking it. Anyone who visits your site using example.net will see the same content as example.com. However, the browser's address bar will show example.net as the visitor navigates your site.
Parse
To break down a string of information such as a command or file into its constituent parts. The act of separating data into more easily understood chunks.
Password protect
a means of controlling access to web pages/sites.
PEAR
Stands for PHP Extension and Application Repository. PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. More information can be found here:
http://pear.php.net/manual/en/introduction.php
PERL
Short for Practical Extraction and Report Language, Perl is a programming language developed by Larry Wall, especially designed for processing text. More information can be found here:
http://dict.die.net/perl/
Permissions
a set of permissions associated with every file and directory that determine who can read it, write to it, or execute it. Only the owner of the file (or the super-user) can change these permissions.
Photo gallery
refers to a collection of photos displayed on a web site.
PHP
a hypertext preprocessor is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Phpbb
phpBB is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable open source bulletin board package.
phpMyAdmin
A tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web.
ping
Ping is a protocol that sends a message to another computer and waits for a reply, most often used to check if another computer on a network is reachable.
png
is a portable network graphic, PNG was designed to replace the older and simpler GIF format of image files.
POP3
(Post Office Protocol 3) is a standard protocol for receiving e-mail. POP3 is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you by an internet server.
port
a logical connection place. I.e. Port 80 For HTTP service and Port 21 for FTP service
PPC (pay per click)
is an ad pricing structure where in the advertiser pays the publisher according to how many times a given ad is clicked on by users.
Propagation
The process of updating a domain across the world's Internet servers. This process can take one to three days.
proxy
A proxy is a server placed between a user's machine and the Internet, or an intermediary program that acts as both a server and a client making requests on the behalf of other clients.
PYTHON
A programming language, similar to PERL, useful for processing SGML and XML documents.
