A word about terminology

There are lots of terms used related to the internet, websites and the technologies that make the internet and your website a possibility. The more you know you  the more comfortable you will be as you look into developing your online presence.

Analytics

Website Analytics (statistics): lets you see what visitors are doing on your website

Band Width

Band Width: the amount of data transfered to users from the server

CMS

CMS: Contenet Management System - A web application that lets you create and manage a website.

CRM

CRM: Client Relations Management - Applications that allow you to to track and associate Clients and information

Disk Space

Disk Space: The amount of hard disk storage space aloted to a hosting account

DNS

DNS: Dynamic Name Server - translates Internet domain and host names to IP addresses

Domain Name

Domain Name: this is your web address www.mydomainname.com

Domain Registration

Domain Registration: No domains are owned, All domains are leased, the fee is per year of use desired

Hosting

Hosting: A service providing a location for your website to reside

HTML

HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language

Visitors

Visitors: Number of times your website was viewed