ASP - APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER
An ASP is a company who creates business software applications, and then makes the applications available on a subscription basis to other businesses. Redglue has created software and e-commerce applications to offer our end users with their hosting packages a way to make their websites function smoothly.

CGI
CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. CGI allows HTML pages to interact with programming applications.

CHAT ROOM
A chat room is a virtual room where people can communicate in real time while on the Internet. Users type their messages with a keyboard and the entered text will appear on the monitor, along with the text of the other chat room visitors.

CUSTOMER AREA
The Redglue Customer Area is a password-protected area of Redglue where our customers can go to manage and upgrade their accounts, update their profiles, and view our network status.

DEDICATED SERVER
A dedicated server is a computer that only runs one type of server software, and is usually constructed according to the user's specifications. Dedicated servers are typically used for websites that have high traffic, and need many resources and much processing power. We refer to our dedicated servers as DEDAs.
See Also: DEDA

  DISCUSSION FORUM
A discussion forum is an electronic message center that usually serves a specific interest group. One reaches a discussion forum through the Internet, and then reads or posts messages to relate to others who frequent the specific forum. Email replies can be tagged notifying users that a message has been replied to.
See Also: CUSTOMER BOARD BULLETIN BOARD

DNS ALIASING
The Internet relies on Domain Name Servers (DNSs) to translate domain names into IP addresses. Every Web hosting company must have a domain name server. However, we provide a service to our customers where we will create an alias for our name server that will make it look as if you have your own name server. This way, anyone who chooses to run a whois on your site, will perceive that you host your own site, because Redglue's name will not show up anywhere (ie. "NS1.yourname.com" instead of "NS1.redglue.net"). This feature is important to those who plan to resell space, host other domains on their own virtual or dedicated server, and hide the Redglue name.

E-MAIL
E-mail is short for electronic mail. It is a way of sending letters, sales notices, brochures, and countless other things over the Internet.
See Also: AUTO RESPONDER

E-MAIL ALIAS
An e-mail alias account is sometimes called a forwarding account. This type of e-mail allows you to appear to have an address on one domain, yet behind the scenes the mail is forwarded on to your real e-mail account.

FRONTPAGE
FrontPage is a Microsoft Office website creation and management tool. Many of our customers who do not wish to spend the time to learn HTML and other Web-coding languages use FrontPage as a means to easily manipulate and publish Web pages with no coding knowledge. Redglue has created a FrontPage Manager for our customers who use FrontPage to establish their websites.

HTML
HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. HTML is a collection of platform-independent styles (indicated by markup tags) that define the various components of a World Wide Web document. HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee while at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva. Are you confused? OK. Basically, HTML is the language used to make web pages.
example:

• For a great HTML Beginner's Tutorial.
• And for tips, tricks and help.
• And for Fun and informative stuff relating to design.

INTERNET
The Internet is the catch-all word used to describe the massive world-wide network of computers. The word "Internet" literally means "network of networks". In itself, the Internet is comprised of thousands of smaller regional networks scattered throughout the globe. On any given day it connects roughly 200 million users in over 100 countries. It is the communication backbone that ties together computers from all around the world commonly known as the "Information Superhighway." The World Wide Web is a part of the Internet that comprises a system of Internet servers that are formatted in HTML. One may access the Internet through a computer and an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

INTERNIC
Internic, or Network Solutions, was the original domain name licensing authority for the United States. They previously had a monopoly on domain name registration that was granted to them by the U.S. Department of Commerce, until November, 1999, when competition was enforced and they were required to share their database and registry services with anyone who qualified as a registrar. ICANN is the newly appointed organization that oversees domain name registration issues.
See Also: ICANN, REGISTRAR

IP ADDRESS
Internet Protocol, or IP, addresses are the numerical addresses that relate to a specific domain name, however, a domain name may identify one or more IP addresses. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.120.15.185 could be an IP address.
See Also: Domain Name

IRC
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. IRC is a massive network of text-based chat channels (rooms) and users all across the world.
See Also: CHAT ROOM

ISP
ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. These are typically fee-based companies that provide dial-up access to the Internet via SLP, PPP, or TCP/IP.

MRA
A multiple-recipient alias, or MRA, is e-mail alias that forwards on to multiple e-mail addresses. This means you can set any of your e-mail addresses, such as Webmaster@yourdomain.com, to automatically forward mail to multiple places, such as both your AOL and Earthlink account, at one time. Or, you can set up an alias like accounting@yourdomain.com that will go to every person in your accouting department. Redglue offers MRAs with its VS MEGA, VS META, and all DEDA accounts.
See Also: E-MAIL ALIAS

SEARCH ENGINE
Search engines are consistently ranked among the most popular sites on the Internet. This is because they are programs designed to scour the Web for specific keywords, and return a list of where these keywords are to be found. If you aren't sure of where to find something on the Web, search engines are the best place to start. They vary in style, but most just need you to choose a keyword or keywords, and then they find the related topics for you. Chances are, if you have been on the Web before, you have already used at least one of more popular search engines: AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, InfoSeek, Lycos, WebCrawler, or Yahoo!

SMART AUTO RESPONDER
A smart auto responder is a highly evolved derivative of a regular auto responder in that it follows up its initial response with a user-specifiable number of follow-up emails. Smart auto responders are similar to standard auto responders, but smart auto responders can send multiple e-mails at varying intervals of time, from one hour apart to many days. Smart auto responders are a useful tool if you ever need to time delay a set of e-mails or attachments.
See Also: AUTO RESPONDER

SPAM
"Spam" mail is the practice of sending massive amounts of e-mail promotions or advertisements (and scams) to people that have not asked for it. Many times, spam e-mail lists are created by "harvesting" e-mail addresses from discussion boards and groups, chat rooms, IRC, and Web pages. Spam has an extremely negative connotation and most users find it annoying and a waste of resources. Redglue strictly prohibits sending spam from accounts on our servers.

SSL
SSL is an acronym for secure sockets layer. SSL protects transmissions over the World Wide Web from spectators by encrypting the data while it gets transmitted over the Internet. SSL works through a certificate that authenticates a certain domain. With this certificate, secure transmissions on the server are "certified" and valid. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many websites use this protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers. Web pages that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:.

STOREFRONT
In order to sell your products on the Web, you must build an electronic storefront where users can browse your products, put desired products into an electronic shopping cart, and "check out" and pay for the items in their cart.

SUBDOMAIN
A subdomain is anything that appears before your master domain in the URL, ie. http://www.yourchoice.masterdomain.com.
See Also: DOMAIN NAME

URL
URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator" or "Universal Resource Locator". The part of the URL that is before the colon (:) shows which protocol should be used. What is after the colon provides the location of documents or other resources available electronically on the World Wide Web. It is basically the "address" for which to find a specific webpage. Typically, a URL will be listed at the top of the page in a browser as the "location" or "address" of where exactly you are virtually situated.

VIRTUAL HOSTING
Virtual hosting is a powerful feature available with all server options at Redglue. Virtual hosting allows you to host additional domains on your server account for a low monthly fee, rather than purchase a separate account for each. You can virtually host domains that point to the same website, or you can host domains that point to completely separate websites.

VIRTUAL SERVER
A virtual server is a Web server that shares computer resources with other virtual servers on a single machine. Virtual Web servers are a way of providing low-cost Web hosting services. Instead of requiring a separate computer for each server, dozens of virtual servers can co-reside on the same computer. This allows a single machine to act as many separate systems. It is also continuously connected to the Internet to allow anyone with a browser (Netscape/IE/AOL) to connect with the server and retrieve its data.
See Also: VS MICRO, VS MINI, VS MID, VS META, or VS MEGA

VR
VR stands for Virtual Reseller. Redglue Resellers are the sales force that sells the Redglue services.
See Also: RRP

VR AREA
The VR Area is where the VR community frequents for tools and resources. Here, a VR can edit his or her profile, check commissions, find other VRs, read The Verve, reach the VR Store, access sales and informative guides, browse and choose Redglue Reseller banners, and reach the VR Board and VR Chat Rooms.

Examples include: Netscape Navigator, Mosaic, MS Internet Explorer.

WEB DESIGNER
A Web designer is a person who creates websites. Web designers may use Web-authoring software or an HTML editor to create the actual pages, or they may design the overall look and let a Webmaster do the actual coding. Most often, they are also proficient with Web graphics and images.

WEB DEVELOPER
A Web developer can also be a Web designer, but a Web developer typically has more database, CGI, and engineering experience. He or she develops the interface between the front and back end of a website.

WEBPAGE
A webpage is any one particular page that is located on the World Wide Web. Webpages comprise a website, and are distinct from other pages by their URL, ie. http://www.redglue.net/webhosting.html.
See Also: WEBSITE

WEB SERVER
A Web Server is a computer on the World Wide Web (connected to the Internet Backbone) that stores HTML documents that can be retrieved via a Web browser.

WEBSITE
A website is a location on the World Wide Web. Each website contains a home page, which is the first document or webpage that users see when they enter the site. The site might also contain additional documents, files, or webpages which are sometimes called "child pages."
See Also: WEBPAGE

WORLD WIDE WEB
AKA: the Web. The World Wide Web is a point-and-click user-friendly Internet interface. It can also be considered the graphical extension of the Internet, since all the pages on the Web are formatted in HTML.