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(dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server A Dedicated Virtual server offering by (mt) Media Temple. For additional info see: http://www.mediatemple.net/webhosting/dv/
(gs) Grid-Service Our clustered hosting service. For additional info see: http://www.mediatemple.net/webhosting/gs/
(ss) Shared-Server Legacy Shared Server hosting that is no longer offered.
Apache An open source Web server that is freely available and can be modified by programmers.
ASCII (American Code for Information Interchange) The standard code used by computers to represent characters with each letter assigned a number from 1 to 127. A ASCII file is a text file in which each byte represents one character according to the ASCII code. ASCII files do not support in character formatting.
Bandwidth Bandwidth is a rate of data transfer, or bit rate, measured in bits per second, for example, network throughput.
browser The computer program used to view Web pages. Common browsers are Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, and Safari.
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CGI-BIN The most common name of a directory on a web server in which CGI programs are stored. The 'bin' refers to binaries, or executable files.
Chain Cert Chain Certificate - Sometimes needed for low-cost SSL certificates for full validation.
Coda Coda is a Mac OS X application which allow you connect to any (mt) Media Temple services using FTP, SFTP, and Terminal. You can find out more at panic.com
content management system (CMS) Software that enables a person to add and/or manipulate content on their Web site from within a Web browser. Examples include Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Zencart, etc
cron A Unix command for scheduling jobs to be executed sometime in the future. A cron is normally used to schedule a job that is executed periodically - for example, to send out a notice every morning.
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CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) A text document that defines all the styles that will appear throughout a web site, including text colors, styles, sizes, etc. If the style on a site must changed, it can be changed in one place and is applied to all pages in the site.
Cute FTP CuteFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet. You can read more at cuteftp.com.
Cyberduck Cyberduck is a free open-source Mac OS X application which allows a user to connect to a computer using FTP or SFTP.
Developer Tools Developer Tools enable you to compile applications using tools like "make" and "gcc". Please consult our KnowledgeBase for a full package listing of what gets installed.
domain name A name that identifies a web site, such as mt-example.com
Fetch Fetch is a Mac OS X application used to connect to a server using FTP or SFTP. It can be used with all (mt) Media Temple services. You can find out more at http://fetchsoftworks.com/.
Filezilla FileZilla Client is a free, open source FTP client for Windows. It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS). The client is available under many platforms, binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X are provided.
Flow Flow is a Mac OS X application used to connect to a server using FTP or SFTP. It can be used with all (mt) Media Temple services. Read more at http://extendmac.com/flow/
FTP File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a network, such as over the Internet.
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IMAP The Internet Message Access Protocol or IMAP is one of two of the most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval, the other being POP3. Virtually all modern e-mail clients and servers support both protocols as a means of transferring e-mail messages from a server, (mt) Media Temple services are no exception.
IP address Internet protocol address. i.e. 123.123.123.123
ISP (Internet Service Provider) An ISP (Internet Service Provider) is a company or business that provides access to the Internet and related services. In the past, most ISPs were run by the phone companies.
Plesk Plesk is a software package which allows a server administrator to set up new websites, e-mail accounts, and DNS entries through a web-based interface. The administrator can create client and site templates, which predetermine resource allocation parameters for the domains and/or clients.
POP In computing, local e-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), an application-layer Internet standard protocol, to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP3 and IMAP4 (Internet Message Access Protocol) are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval.
Putty A free SSH client for windows.
root root is the user name or account that by default has access to all commands and files on a Linux or other Unix-like operating system. It is also referred to as the root account, root user and the superuser.
SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol or SFTP is a network protocol that provides file transfer and manipulation functionality over any reliable data stream. SFTP typically uses port 22.
Smart FTP SmartFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet. You can read more at smartftp.com.
SMTP SMTP is a relatively simple, text-based protocol, in which one or more recipients of a message are specified (and in most cases verified to exist) along with the message text and possibly other encoded objects. The message is then transferred to a remote server using a procedure of queries and responses between the client and server. Either an end-user's email client, a.k.a. MUA (Mail User Agent), or a relaying server's MTA (Mail Transport Agents) can act as an SMTP client.
ssh Secure Shell or ssh is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged over a secure channel between two computers.
Transmit Transmit is a Mac OS X application used for FTP and SFTP.
vi Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.
Virtuozzo Parallels 'Virtuozzo' Containers creates multiple, isolated containers (otherwise known as virtual environments, or VE), or Virtual Private Servers, or VPS), on a single physical server. This allows the sharing of hardware, systems management effort, and sometimes software licenses among different workloads.
WS_FTP WS_FTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client which allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet. You can read more at ipswitch.com.