Glossary

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

T1 Connection

A T1 Connection is a phone or data connection that supports the transfer of up to 1.544Mbits of data per second. T1 Connections are commonly used by businesses and ISPs.

Tape Back-up

A Tape Back-up is a common and cost efficient way to back up web pages. Site contents are stored on a device that looks similar to a cassette for periods of time. Some cassettes can store several gigabytes at a time.

TCL

TCL or Tool Command Language is used as a scripting language and an interpreter for the language which is designed to be simple to embed in other applications.

TCP

TCP/IP or Transmission Control Protocol works with the IP address to ensure that packets reach their intended destinations successfully.

Technical Contact

A Technical Contact is typically the individual or company managing the primary domain name server.

Telnet

Telnet is a command-line interface allowing remote users and Web server to communicate with each other.

Third Level Domains

Third Level Domains are the next highest level of the hierarchy below second level domains. Examples of Third Level Domains are verio, va and us.

Tom Cat

Tom Cat is an open-source application of Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies developed under the Apache Software's Jakarta project.

Traceroute

A Traceroute is a unix command that finds the precise location of a server that is delaying transmission on the Internet.

Trackback

A Trackback sends a ping to another site equipped for Trackbacks, notifying the site that a new link was created. Trackbacks notify the author of an entry that the post has been added to another blog.

Transfer Concierge

The Transfer Concierge is the department that specializes in resolving issues that may prevent a domain transfer from being completed successfully.

TTL

TTL or Time To Live controls the number of seconds data is considered valid for.

TXT

TXT or Text Records enable users to associate some text with a host or other name. It is used to define the Sender Policy Framework information record.