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Internet Message Access Protocol
A protocol allowing a client to access and manipulate electronic mail messages on a server. It permits manipulation of remote message folders (mailboxes), in a way that is functionally equivalent to local mailboxes.
IMAP includes operations for creating, deleting, and renaming mailboxes; checking for new messages; permanently removing messages; searching; and selective fetching of message attributes, texts, and portions thereof.
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PHP Hypertext Preprocessor
PHP is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
What distinguishes PHP from something like client-side JavaScript is that the code is executed on the server. If you were to have a script similar to the above on your server, the client would receive the results of running that script, with no way of determining what the underlying code may be.
The best things in using PHP are that it is extremely simple for a newcomer, but offers many advanced features for a professional programmer. You can jump in, in a short time, and start writing simple scripts in a few hours.
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CGI / Perl
Practical extraction and reporting language, or Perl, is a scripting language first created by Larry Wall to be used as duct tape for programming with the Unix operating system. Due to its immense power for handling piles of text and, consequently, as a common gateway interface (CGI) scripting language, Perl became very popular among server-side scripters. Perl has a large community of contributing programmers and, what's more, costs nothing and is free to redistribute. These circumstances have helped Perl evolve from a scripting language used to generate server stats into a language many use for database administration. All along Perl has maintained its zaniness - Perl documentation reads as though written by early vaudeville comedians.
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GD Graphics Library
PHP is not limited to creating just HTML output. It can also be used to create and manipulate image files in a variety of different image formats, including gif, png, jpg, wbmp, and xpm. Even more convenient, PHP can output image streams directly to a browser via GD.
GD is mainly used for creating images at runtime. You can construct graphs, charts, etc using the data available or create custom images based on requirement. For example you can use GD to display the results of a poll. They are quite handy and can provide easy understanding to users.
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EXIF Support
Exif supports automatically conversion for Unicode and JIS character encodings of user comments when module mbstring is available. This is done by first decoding the comment using the specified characterset. The result is then encoded with another characterset which should match your HTTP output.
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Server Side Includes
SSI (Server Side Includes) are directives that are placed in HTML pages, and evaluated on the server while the pages are being served. They let you add dynamically generated content to an existing HTML page, without having to serve the entire page via a CGI program, or other dynamic technology.
The decision of when to use SSI, and when to have your page entirely generated by some program, is usually a matter of how much of the page is static, and how much needs to be recalculated every time the page is served. SSI is a great way to add small pieces of information, such as the current time. But if a majority of your page is being generated at the time that it is served, you need to look for some other solution such as Perl or PHP.
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Private CGI-BIN
The most common name of a directory on a web server in which CGI programs are stored. The 'bin' part of 'cgi-bin' is a shorthand version of 'binary', because once upon a time, most programs were referred to as 'binaries'. In real life, most programs found in cgi-bin directories are text files -- scripts that are executed by binaries located elsewhere on the server. While most programs using CGI are stored in this directory, it is not a requirement for using CGI.
At the Servage hosting platform you can also store CGI/Perl files outside your private CGI-BIN as long as they use .pl or .cgi as file extension.
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XML - Extensible Markup Language
XML has been designed specifically to function on the Web, and both major browsers support it. Currently a formal recommendation from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), XML is similar to HTML in that both XML and HTML contain markup symbols to describe the contents of a page or file. HTML, however, describes the content of a Web page only in terms of how it is to be displayed. XML describes the content in terms of what the data is that is being described. For example the tags could indicate that the data following it was an author's name and his affiliation. This allows an XML file to be processed purely as data by a program as well as being displayed in a certain way. XML is "extensible" because, unlike HTML, the markup symbols are unlimited and self-defining.
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Shockwave & Flash
Flash, a popular authoring software developed by Macromedia, is used to create vector graphics-based animation programs with full-screen navigation interfaces, graphic illustrations, and simple interactivity in an antialiasing, resizable file format that is small enough to stream across a normal modem connection.
The software is ubiquitous on the Web, both because of its speed (vector-based sites, which can adapt to different display sizes and resolutions, play as they download) and for the smooth way it renders graphics. Flash files, unlike animated but raster graphics Graphics Interchange Format and JPEG, are compact, efficient, and designed for optimized delivery.
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mySQL Database
MySQL is a relational database management system, which means it stores data in separate tables rather than putting all the data in one big area. This adds flexibility, as well as speed. The SQL part of MySQL stands for "Structured Query Language," which is the most common language used to access databases.
The MySQL database server is the most popular open source database in the world. It is extremely fast and easy to customize, due to its architecture. Extensive reuse of code within the software gives MySQL unmatched speed, compactness, stability, and ease of deployment. Their unique separation of the core server from the storage engine makes it possible to run with very strict control, or with ultra fast disk access, whichever is more appropriate for the situation.
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FTP - File Transfer Protocol
FTP is the best means for moving large files across the Internet. FTP is a client/server protocol that enables a user with an FTP client to log on to a remote machine, navigate the file system of that remote machine, and upload and download files from that machine.
With private FTP, one logs in with the username and password one has established on that particular system. You are logged into your home directory, with all the file permissions you would normally have there.
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Bandwidth / Data Transfer
Bandwidth or data transfer is the measure of the traffic generated from your website. It is measured in bytes, kilo bytes (KB), mega bytes (MB) or giga bytes (GB).
Some web hosts claim that they offer unlimited or unmetered bandwidth. Bandwidth and traffic cost money and tie up server resources, so if any host truly offered unlimited bandwidth at any price they would not be in business for very long. If you read their Terms of Service, you will find the following language or something similar:
"If at any time the Customer’s website generates enough bandwidth usage to affect the performance of other customer sites on the server, we reserve the full right to terminate the Customer’s domain name without refund."
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Web Space
Web space is the amount of disk storage space you are allowed on the server. Do not confuse web space with bandwidth. Web space is the amount of storage space for your files where bandwidth refers to the amount of data transferred from your account to people requesting those files.
Servage.net allows you to have 510 GB (510000 MB) of space for each account. This web space is used to store files needed for your web site including HTML files, images, executables, compressed files and other files. 510 GB of web space is quite a lot of space and should be sufficient for all of your files.
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Catch-All Mailbox
A catchall mailbox is a mailbox to which any email not destined for a specific mailbox will be delivered. This is better explained with an example:
In this example, any email sent to john@dom.com will be delivered to the corresponding mailbox, as will jan@dom.com be delivered accordingly. However, what happens if an email is sent to zxy@dom.com? As this address has no specific mailbox assigned, normally the email would be rejected with the message "user unknown". However, because of the catchall entry, rather than being bounced the email will be delivered to the catchall mailbox (catchall@dom.com). Similarly, any other addresses which do not have specific mailboxes assigned will be caught by the catchall mailbox and delivered to this address. (if catch all in enabled)
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Unsolicited E-Mail
Spam is unsolicited e-mail on the Internet. From the sender's point-of-view, it's a form of bulk mail, often to a list culled from subscribers to a Usenet discussion group or obtained by companies that specialize in creating e-mail distribution lists. To the receiver, it usually seems like junk e-mail. In general, it's not considered good netiquette to send spam. It's generally equivalent to unsolicited phone marketing calls except that the user pays for part of the message since everyone shares the cost of maintaining the Internet.
Servage.net have implemented powerful spam filtering technologies which prevent most spam from reaching our customers mailboxes.
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Wireless Application Protocol
WAP is a secure specification that allows users to access information instantly via handheld wireless devices such as mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smartphones and communicators.
WAPs that use displays and access the Internet run what are called microbrowsers--browsers with small file sizes that can accommodate the low memory constraints of handheld devices and the low-bandwidth constraints of a wireless-handheld network.
Servage.net customers are able to develop pages for WAP devices, as all clusters have the necessary software installed.
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Host Unlimited Domains!
Servage Hosting allows you to host unlimited domain names on your account without any additional charges. Each domain name can have its own content or all domains can be set to serve the same site - you have full flexibility and control. Being able to host unlimited websites on just one hosting account can save you a lot of money!
You can use your additional domain names exactly as your primary domain name. You can also use the domain name for separate email accounts.
Even if you only need one domain name today it is nice to know that you can grow with your account – Servage always allows you to do that!
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Protect your Personal Information
Every time you register a domain name, your name, address and phone number are entered into a public database that can be viewed and used by anyone. This exposes your personal information to spammers, telemarketers and other undesired third parties.
Servage’s WHOIS Privacy service allows you to retain your domain name without having to expose your personal information to the public.
Your domain registration information, including the Administrative, Billing and Technical contacts are masked with generic information within public WHOIS databases.
You still retain full ownership and control of your domain name.
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