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Domain Name
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The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain
Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The
part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the
right is the most general. A given machine may have more
than one Domain Name but a given Domain Name points to only
one machine. For example, the domain names:
webooster.com
mail.webooster.com
can all refer to the same machine, but each domain name can
refer to no more than one machine.
Usually, all of the machines on a given Network will have
the same thing as the right-hand portion of their Domain
Names (webooster.com in the examples above). It is also
possible for a Domain Name to exist but not be connected to
an actual machine. This is often done so that a group or
business can have an Internet e-mail address without having
to establish a real Internet site. In these cases, some real
Internet machine must handle the mail on behalf of the
listed Domain Name.
E-mail
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(Electronic Mail) -- Messages, usually text, sent from
one person to another via computer. E-mail can also
be sent automatically to a large number of addresses
(Mailing List).
If you are using OUTLOOK to access our email service,
detailed email account setup instruction is available
here.
Host
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Any computer on a network that is a repository for
services available to other computers on the network.
It is quite common to have one host machine provide
several services, such as WWW and USENET.
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HTTP
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(HyperText Transport Protocol) -- The protocol for
moving hypertext files across the Internet. Requires
a HTTP client program on one end, and an HTTP server
program on the other end. HTTP is the most important
protocol used in the World Wide Web (WWW).
FTP
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Ftp (File Transfer Protocol) is a method for transferring
files between two computers on a network. Ftp can be
used to transfer files between your computer and your
web space on NWE computers, or to transfer software
or files to your computer from the Webooster.
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Server
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A computer, or a software package, that provides a
specific kind of service to client software running
on other computers. The term can refer to a particular
piece of software, such as a WWW server, or to
the machine on which the software is running, e.g. Our
mail server is down today, that's why e-mail isn't getting
out. A single server machine could have several different
server software packages running on it, thus providing
many different servers to clients on the network.
WWW
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(World Wide Web) -- Two meanings - First, loosely used:
the whole constellation of resources that can be accessed
using Gopher, FTP, HTTP, telnet, USENET, WAIS and some
other tools. Second, the universe of hypertext servers
(HTTP servers) which are the servers that allow text,
graphics, sound files, etc. to be mixed together.
- Sample web design contract and website specification
can be download at follwoing:
Web design contract
Website specification
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