Glossary

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W X

Saved Skins

Saved skins are design layouts stored in programs for later use or repeated use.

Scalability

Scalability is the ability of a piece of software of hardware to increase in size as necessary.

Screen shot

A Screen shot is an image of a Web site or document you can email or send to other users online. To take a Screen Shot hold down the Alt key and the Print Screen key at the same time and paste into an image document.

Secondary Server

The Secondary Server is designated to take over in the event the Primary Server fails.

Security Code

A Security Code is a code sent from the gaining registrar to the admin email on file for the domain to verify that the domain owner actually requested the transfer of the domain.

Server Log

A Server Log is a file automatically started and maintained by a server of activity performed by it.

Server Log

A Server Log is a file automatically started and maintained by a server of activity performed by it.

Shared Hosting

Shared Hosting is the allocation of small pieces of a server's storage, applications and bandwidth for unique users.

Sharepoint

Sharepoint is Microsoft's web-based document organization platform. Sharepoint helps facilitate collaboration, provides content management features, and supplies access to information essential to organization.

Shell Account

A Shell Account permits users to edit their files online in real-time instead of making changes to their site offline and then updating the changes.

Sidebar

A Sidebar is one or more columns along one or both sides of blogger's home page. The Sidebar is generally used for links, calendars or lists.

Simple Control Panel

A Simple Control Panel is a basic control panel available with most Linux based servers.

Sitemap

The Sitemap allows a webmaster to tell inform engines of URLs on a site that are available for crawling.

SMTP

SMTP or Simple Mail Transport Protocol is a TCP/IP protocol that governs electronic mail transmission and reception program.

SMTP RELAY

SMTP Relays are sent and received by a few systems at each site called Mail Hosts.

SMTP Server

An SMPTP Server is a computer forwarding Internet email messages using SMTP protocol like Sendmail.

Social Bookmark

A Social Bookmark allows users to take bookmarks suggested by others and add them to their own personal collections. These bookmarks can be received by subscription.

Spam

Spam is any junk email or unsolicited email.

Spam Filter

A Spam Filter allows users to block messages from known spammers.

Spiders

Spiders are software robots that crawl websites and gather information for search engine databases from web content and links.

SPF Record

An SPF Record or Sender Policy Framework is an information record that validates legitimate email sources from a domain name.

SSH

SSH or Secure Shell can gain secure access to a remote computer.

SSI

SSI or Server Side Includes are commands that can be used in web pages that are processed by the web server when a user requests a file.

SSL

The SSL or Secure Sockets Layer is a protocol used to manage the security of a message transmission on the Internet.

Static IP

A Static IP is a fixed IP address, meaning that the IP will remain unchanged each login for the user.

Statistics

Statistics are provided by software on web servers that keep track or usage information on website and compile it into a user-friendly format. Statistics often include how many visitors come to a site, which pages receive the most requests and how much time is spent browsing the site.

Srv Record

An SRV Record or a Service Record provides information on available services.

Support

Support is telephone, live or email technical support provided to a registrar's customers to help with resolving technical difficulties and site issues.