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Glossary of Terms

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Anonymous FTP
Allows visitors to upload and/or download predetermined files from designated directories without usernames or password.  This is different from "FTP access".
 

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Autoresponders
Sends an automated email response to incoming email sent to a specific address.  One autoresponder per email address. e.g.  Visitor X sends an email to
carsena-tech@carsena-tech.net.  Autoresponder sends an prewritten message to visitor X automatically.
 

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CGI script
Used to supplement basic HTML to make your website more interactive and functional. e.g. hit counter, guest book, order form, and etc.  You as our customer have free access to our library of CGI scripts that will enhance your website.  All of our plans come with its own local cgi-bin to store custom cgi scripts that you may have written or found else where on the web.
 

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Data Transfer per Month
Your monthly traffic allowance is calculated based on the daily traffic allowance times 31. Your aggregate traffic is the sum of outward-bound, inward-bound, email and anonymous FTP traffic.  Each time a web page, image, audio, video, and other elements of your website is accessed by your visitor,  traffic is generated. Our daily data transfer allowance is such that most of our users stay within the limit.
 

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Detailed Usage Statistic/ Access to Raw Log File
We give you a detailed graphical and tabular usage statistics of your website grouped by weeks, days, and hours so you can track how many hits you are getting, from where those hits are coming from, which page is the most popular, how much data transfer is occurring, and more.  You also have access to raw log files so you can analyze the usage using even more sophisticated programs.
 

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Disk Space
Used to store everything related to your website such as your regular html files, images, multimedia files, anonymous ftp files, POP mail messages, cgi-scripts and any other files that make up your website.

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Domain Alias
Allows additional domain names to point to your website.   e.g. Company X registered two domain names, A and B.  It decides on A as its default website.  Then domain B becomes a "domain alias" of domain A.   Whenever someone types in domain B, he/she/it is automatically "pointed" to domain A.
 

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Domain Name
Basically an easy to remember internet address in plain alphabet which computers will translate into an ugly IP address which is a long set of numbers.  e.g.   Carsena .com and .com A more formal definition is below:
"An addressing construct used for identifying and locating computers on the Internet. Domain names provide a system of easy-to-remember Internet addresses, which can be translated by the Domain Name System (DNS) into the numeric addresses (Internet Protocol (IP) numbers) used by the network. A domain name is hierarchical and often conveys information about the type of entity using the domain name. A domain name is simply a label that represents a domain, which is a subset of the total domain name space. Domain names at the same level of the hierarchy must be unique, for example there can be only one com at the top level of the hierarchy, and only one netsol.com at the next level of the hierarchy".
 

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Domain Name Registration
In order for visitors to find your website using the domain name of your choice, you need to do two things, both of which are handled by CARSENA-TECH.NET.  First, you need to reserve your domain name with InterNIC.  Second you need to provide InterNIC with the nameserver of your domain name. If you order any of our Webhosting plans, we will handle the above process for a fee, or by reading almost all of these manuals you would be able to do it with confidence yourself, thus saving a few pennies... got the time? Is it worth it? Probably not!  If you are not yet ready to have a website but want to reserve just the  name, Carsena can handle that as well.  This is a good idea since domain names are going fast. 
 

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Email Forwarding
e.g. X sends an email to
webmaster@yourname.com. Our server receives the mail and immediately forwards it to you@yourisp.com.
 

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FrontPage Extensions
In order for you to use all the features that come with your Microsoft FrontPage WebPages editor, FrontPage extensions must be installed for your account. You may request that FrontPage extensions be installed for your account when you place your order, or you may do so at a later date by sending an email request to
carsena-tech@carsena-tech.net
 

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FTP Access
Used to up and download your website to and from our server to your computer.  You have unlimited access to your account 24 hours a day 365 days a year to set up and maintain your web site.

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MySQL
A database engine used for accessing databases.  We provide full support for MySQL and provide both simple searchable databases and more complex database driven dynamic websites using PHP script language in combination with MySQL.
 

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PHP
PHP Hypertext Processor scripting language. This is a complex language used to control aspects of a website. PHP can interface with MySQL providing a very powerfull database solution for websites.
 

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POP3 Email Accounts
These are your email mail boxes in our server that can be accessed directly to retrieve your mail using such programs as Eudora, Outlook Express, and Netscape Mail. Each POP3 account has its own password to ensure privacy.  You will be able to check your email anywhere around the world where you have access to the Internet.
 

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RealAudio/RealVideo
Real Networks' RealAudio/Video system is a client-server based, meaning both the browser and the server must have RealAudio/Video components for it to work,  streaming audio/video delivery system for the Internet. You can create and deliver audio/video-based streaming multimedia content through the Internet to audiences worldwide. We include step-by-step instructions for including RealAudio/Video in your Web pages.
 

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Shopping Cart
Keeps track of what your customers have ordered on-line as they add and remove items from their virtual "shopping cart." When the customer is ready to check out, the program tallies the order for your customer to review.  If the customer decides to submit the order, the program will email the order information to the email address of your choice and a "receipt" to your customer.
 

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Secure Server (SSL)
One method of ensuring that information entered through your website is protected from preying eyes. Information submitted via a secure form is sent to the server in an encrypted mode. Most commonly used for credit card transactions.  See CyberCash for an alternative method.

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