INTERNET GLOSSARY Below is a glossary of terms that you should have an understanding of when deciding on an internet service:   Web Hosting Features Glossary ActiveX - ActiveX technology, a Microsoft baby, is used to make interactive web pages that look and behave like computer programs, rather than static pages. Anonymous FTP - Anonymous FTP allows visitors to access your web site to upload and/or download files without a unique id and password. By controllable anonymous FTP, we are referring to an environment whereby anonymous access can be limited to specific files and directories. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Autoresponders - "Autoresponders" reply to incoming e-mail automatically. An autoresponder could be used to send a standard text file to persons addressing, say, info@yourname.com. If you've ever received a response to an e-mail which suggests that the recipient is away from the office, you may have received such an automated response. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Browser - Program that allows you to surf the web. The most popular Web Browsers right now are Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer. Chat Room- A place on the Internet where people go to "chat" with other people in the room. There are thousands of these Chat Rooms on the Net, usually organized by topic or interest. CGI - CGI stands for "Common Gateway Interface" (but everyone uses the acronym nowadays). CGI refers to programs that sites can run to generate web pages dynamically. For example, web search engines use CGI programs to read what keywords you're searching for, find web pages for you, and format the results in a web page for you to see. A CGI program can be written in any computer language. Perl is the most popular language for writing CGI programs, but other major contenders are C and C++, Unix shell scripts, Java, and Visual Basic. CGI script support - All customers have access to a personal cgi-local directory in which you can place your own custom CGI scripts. CGI scripts are often used to accomplish tasks which are not supported by basic HTML such as a "hit" counter or guest book. This directory can be used to set up scripts that you write or find elsewhere on the web. We also offer several pre-written scripts, available free for your use. These include a hit counter, guest book, mail form, shopping cart*, discussion forum, and more! Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Control Panel - All users have access to a web-based Control Panel which allows you to set mail forwarding options, enable/disable anonymous FTP access, view your statistics with MKStats, change your password and more. It also allows access to other features such as an HTML Form Generator, web-based HTML editor and Perl script checker. Users can also update account contact information at anytime without having to contact customer support. Available with all plans: Cookie - A "cookie" is an Internet site's way of keeping track of you. It's a small program built into a web page you might visit. Typically you won't know when you are receiving cookies. Ideally a cookie could make your surfing easier by identifying you, tracking sites you visit, topics you search, and get a general feel for your preferences. However, many people believe that cookies invade their privacy and disable them using their browsers' settings. Counter - Counts the number of people that have visited or hit that page. Cracker - A cracker is the same thing as a hacker, except the hacker only explores other peoples computers and the cracker destroys stuff once in there. CyberCash - CyberCash enables you to securely process credit card transactions 24 hours a day,seven days a week to a new global marketplace. CyberCash works with all the popular browsers, as well as the majority of Internet hardware, software, servers, communication protocols, and web store applications. Available with plans: Corporate, Commercial. Cyberspace - The Internet. William Gibson coined this phrase in 1984 science fiction book "Neuromancer". Data Transfer - In general, any outward bound traffic from a web site, with the exception of e-mail, is considered to be data transfer. For example, each time a web page, image, midi file, quicktime video, etc. is loaded, data transfer is generated. Each of our plans includes a generous amount of free data transfer which should be more than enough for most sites. In fact, 98% to 99% of our customers operate within their free data transfer allowance. Additional data transfer beyond the threshold will incur a small charge. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Disk Storage Space - Disk storage space refers to the amount of server disk storage specifically allocated to your account. This space is used to store your html files, graphics, audio clips, POP mail messages, pdfs, and other files that make up your web site. Each of our plans includes a specified allotment of disk storage space, but additional space can be purchased for any account in 5MB blocks at a cost of $1/MB per month. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Domain Name Registration -We offer virtual domain Web hosting accounts which means you can have your own Web address or "domain name" (eg: www.yourname.com). We can handle U.S. domain name registration or transfers on your behalf. (ie: .com, .net, .org, etc.). As a Network Solutions Premier Gold partner, we have our own personal InterNIC representative, giving us an unparalleled level of service and response time for InterNIC related issues. The InterNIC charges $70 to register a domain name which covers the first two years. They currently bill at a rate of $35 per year thereafter. You can also have additional domain names point to your account for a small additional charge. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Download - The transfer of information from the Internet to your computer. You can download web pages, email, or programs. If you do download software, make sure that you have a good virus checker running in the background. E-mail - Electronic-mail is usually provided by your ISP. A few years ago we could only send and receive mail over the Internet. Today, we can send not only messages, but online greeting cards, pictures of the family and video. Now availabe Web based Email Excite - Excite is a new generation of web navigation. It gives your web site the same advanced search capabilities used by the Excite service, allowing visitors to search your web site using keywords or concepts. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions is a mini-help file. It is an excellent place to go when you first get to a site to understand more of the site, product or service. FTP Access - You will have unlimited access to your account via FTP 24-hours a day to set up and maintain your web site. You can work on HTML documents, graphics, and scripts locally and then upload files to your web site when ready. An FTP tutorial and client software is available in our online support. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. FrontPage - We can install Microsoft FrontPage extensions for your account. This allows you to use the easy-to-use Microsoft FrontPage program to create and maintain your web site. You may request that FrontPage extensions be installed within your web site when placing an order for domain web hosting services or contact our support department directly. Microsoft provides direct support for all FrontPage users. Available with plans:Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Note: If want to use Microsoft FrontPage you will need further directions. HTTP - (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) The Internet protocol that enables Web browsers to retrieve information from World Wide Web servers. JAVA - An object-oriented programming language, developed by Sun Microsystems. Based on C++, Java is smaller, more portable, and easier to use than C++ because it is more detailed and it manages memory on its own. Java was designed to run on any platform which makes it a useful language for programming Web applications, since users access the Web from many types of computers. JAVA-Compliant Browser - A Web browser with support for the Java programming language built into it. Most current Web browsers are Java-compliant. JAVA Script - A scripting language developed by Netscape and Sun Microsystems that is loosely related to Java. JavaScript code can be embedded in a Web page along with HTML code and is easier to write than Java, especially for novice programmers. JavaScript, however, is not a true programming language and has limited functionality in comparison with Java. A JavaScript-compliant Web browser, such as Netscape, is necessary to run JavaScript code. Joystick - A joystick is usually used as a relative pointing device, moving an object on the screen when the stem is moved and stopping the movement when the stem is released. Mainly used for computer games. JPEG - (Joint Photographic Experts Group) A graphic stored as a file in the JPEG format, an ISO/ITU standard for storing images in compressed form using a discrete cosine transform. Jumper - A small plug or wire that can be connected between different points in an electronic circuit in order to alter an aspect of a hardware configuration. kbps - Your modem's speed is measured in the number of bits it can transfer in a second. Modems rated in kilo bits per second are now the standard. KERMIT - A protocol used for transferring files over a dial-up connection that is commonly used on BBS systems. KEY PAL - A person you correspond with that uses a KEY board to type e-mail messages instead of say, a pen, to write handwritten letters. Usually these e-mail messages are written back and forth between two or more people with some kind of regularity. A pen pal in cyberspace. If you correspond with someone frequently or on a regular basis it could be said that the two of you are "key pals". KNOWBIE - A person who understands the finer details of computer networking. KNOWBOT - An artificially intelligent computer program that automates the search for animation. KOC - Chat room lingo for 'Kiss On Cheek'. KOL - Chat room lingo for 'Kiss On Lips'. KWIM - Chat room lingo for 'Know What I Mean'. KYPO - Chat room lingo for 'Keep Your Pants On'. Lurk - To read messages in a newsgroup or chat area without ever posting or replying yourself. Mail Bomb - An e-mail message sent with the intent to crash the recipients mail server or mail reader. Mail bombing is a form of electronic harassment and can on many systems result in the cancellation of the bomber's account. Mail Filter - A program that allows you to sort e-mail according to information in the headers Mail Forwarding - Once your domain name is active worldwide, you can receive all e-mail addressed to your domain such as webmaster@yourname.com, sales@yourname.com, etc. By default, all e-mail addressed to your domain will forward to your real e-mail address provided by your local internet provider. For convenience, specific mail forwarding options are available if you need specific addresses each to be forwarded to different addresses on the internet. For example, e-mail addressed to webmaster@yourname.com could forward to an account at AOL, but sales@yourname.com could forward to a Prodigy account. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Marquee - A region on a page that displays a horizontally scrolling text message. mSQL Database Server* - mSQL (mini SQL), is a lightweight database engine designed to provide fast access to stored data. We provide the tools to create a searchable database. *In most instances, custom programming (commonly Perl or PHP) is needed to implement a fully functional web-to-database interface. Available with plans: Corporate, Commercial. POP Accounts - In addition to mail forwarding, users have the option to retrieve e-mail directly from POP3 mailboxes on the mail server using an email program such as Eudora. Each of our plans includes a Master POP account which can receive all email and control the settings for any optional configurable POP accounts. Each of our plans also offers a specified number of configurable POP accounts. The additional POPs can be assigned unique ids and passwords to ensure privacy. You can also purchase additional POPs if needed. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. RealAudio™ - Progressive Networks' RealAudio system is a client-server based streaming media delivery system for the Internet. Providers of news, entertainment, sports, and business content can create and deliver audio-based streaming multimedia content through the Internet to audiences worldwide. We not only provide the server extensions but also include step by step instructions to include RealAudio in your web pages. Available with plans: Corporate, Commercial. Shopping Cart - A Shopping Cart program allows you to implement your own on-line storefront. The shopping cart keeps track of what visitors have ordered and allows them to add or remove items from a 'virtual shopping cart'. When a visitor decides to check-out, the order information including the buyer's name, address and billing instruction is e-mailed to the site webmaster and a receipt is sent to the shopper. Our unix Plan 2 and above include a pre-written Shopping Cart script that you can customize for your use. A demonstration and extensive documentation are available. For those of you who may be interested in a more comprehensive on-line commerce solution, Mercantec's SoftCart is available as an additional product. Available with plans: Corporate, Commercial. SSL Secure Server - SSL (Secure Socket Layer) allows users to collect data such as credit card information in a secure environment. Information submitted via a secure form is sent to the server in an encrypted mode. Users may choose to research methods such as encrypted email (PGP), CyberCash, or other solution for retrieving such information from their web sites. Available with plans: Corporate, Commercial. Statistics - We give you a choice of using MKStats1.0, MKStats 2.1, or Analog to track your web usage statistics such as what domains are accessing your web site, how many "hits" you are getting, how much data is being transferred and more. In addition, We give you direct access to your raw log files so you can analyze your statistics with other more full-featured programs. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. TrueSpeech™ - TrueSpeech is a high quality speech compression software which compresses speech down to as much as 1/40th its original size. Since regular speech files are normally large, compression using TrueSpeech enables them to be transferred faster and more easily. Support for TrueSpeech real-time audio is available for use in your web pages. Available with plans:Professional, Corporate, Commercial. URL - (Uniform Resource Locator) A string that supplies the Internet address of a Web site or resource on the World Wide Web, along with the protocol by which the site or resource is accessed. The most common on the web is the HTTP protocol. Volano Chat - Volano Chat is a real-time, live chat interface you can quickly and easily add to your web site. It is written in JAVA so it is compatible with the vast majority of web browsers without the need for any plug-ins. Available with plans: Professional, Corporate, Commercial. Watermark - A "watermark" is a graphic that appears at the back of the page but doesn't scroll along with the rest of the page. WYSIWYG - (pronounced "whizzy-wig") usually refers to website building software that enables you to see images on-screen exactly as they will appear on your browser. For information and current rates please call us at (828) 837-3633 or email us at Appleget@latemodel.com. 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