Hosting Dictionary - part 2

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Continuation of where I left off in the hosting dictionary.

Features

• Uptime
  
  
  
  Many web hosts give you a Uptime guarantee. This means that the guarantee you that your website will be available for an x% amount of time. Sometimes it is 99% sometimes it is 99.9%

• PHP
  
  This stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. It is a programming language which enables you to program complex websites with databases and much more. There are many websites that help you to learn programming PHP.

• Perl
  
  Perl is another programming language like PHP.

• MySQL
  
  MySQL is a Database. If you want to offer user registration, searches or other things, there is a good chance that you need a database.

• IMAP / POP3
  
  These are important if you wish to use your email account from Outlook, Thunderbird or similar. You have to provide the programs IMAP or POP3 details in order for it to connect to your email account. If you use web based email software from your hosting company then you do not necessarily need them.

• FTP
  
  FTP is a way to connect to the web space and upload or download multiple files easily. This requires usually some FTP software to be installed on your computer.

Hopefully now you understand all these terms