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Web Hosting Glossary

From A records to WebSockets, our glossary explains 200+ web hosting terms in plain language. Whether you are setting up your first website or managing production servers, find clear definitions for every concept you need to know.

Hosting(86)Networking(29)Security(28)Performance(24)Development(45)DNS(16)Protocols(9)

Hosting

Types of web hosting and server infrastructure

Shared HostingVPS HostingDedicated HostingDedicated ServerCloud HostingStatic HostingManaged HostingReseller HostingColocationServerlessWeb ServerServerServer ClusterPhysical ServerVirtual ServersApacheNginxcPanelPleskControl PanelUptimeUptime Guarantee (99.9%)AvailabilityBandwidthBandwidth ThrottlingDisk SpaceStorage SpaceProcessing PowerCpuRAMSSDRAIDScalabilityOn Demand ScalingBurstable ResourcesResource AllocationServer ResourcesServer LoadQuotaWordpress HostingEmail HostingFree HostingUnlimited HostingUnmanaged HostingManaged WordpressGreen HostingEcommerce HostingLinux HostingGeolocation HostingHigh Availability HostingTypes Of Web HostingWeb HostingWeb Hosting CompanyWeb Hosting PlansHosting AccountHosting ProviderData CenterBare Metal ServerKubernetesDockerMicroservicesContainerVirtualizationKVMPrivate CloudPublic CloudPaaSSaaSAuto InstallerBilling CycleFailoverRedundancyMigrationSite MigrationZero Downtime MigrationSnapshotRoot AccessMultiple DomainsAddon DomainOversellingOperating SystemKernelKnowledge BaseSupport TicketTechnical SupportTemporary Url

Networking

Network infrastructure and connectivity concepts

IP AddressDomain NameSubdomainDNSNameserverCDNLatencyNetwork LatencyLoad BalancerReverse ProxyFirewallPortGatewayProxy ServerHTTP/2HTTP/3WebSocketTCP/IPIPv6DNS over HTTPSAnycast301 Redirect404 ErrorRedirectURLWorld Wide WebEmail ForwardingTrafficQoS

Security

Web security, encryption, and data protection

SSLSSL CertificateWildcard Ssl CertificateSecurity CertificateTLSHTTPSDDoS ProtectionWAFTwo-Factor AuthenticationEncryptionBackupOffsite BackupDisaster RecoveryCORSCSRFXSSX-Frame-OptionsContent Security Policy (CSP)OAuthJWTKey PairRate LimitingSSL PinningZero TrustMalware ProtectionPhishing ProtectionVirus ScannerVulnerability Scan

Performance

Speed optimization and site performance metrics

CachingBrowser CachingCDN CachingHttp CachingVarnish CacheGzip CompressionMinificationLazy LoadingTTFBLoad TimeCore Web VitalsPage SpeedWeb VitalsImage OptimizationService WorkerProgressive Web App (PWA)Tree ShakingCode SplittingServer-Side Rendering (SSR)Static Site Generation (SSG)Edge ComputingPerformance MonitoringVisitor AnalyticsServer Load

Development

Web development tools, languages, and workflows

HTMLXHTMLXMLJSONYAMLCSSJavascriptPHPNode.jsJDKMySQLLAMP StackStatic Site GeneratorCMSJoomlaHeadless CMSAPIREST APIGraphQLWebhookQuery StringGitCI/CDDeploymentContinuous DeploymentStaging EnvironmentSandbox EnvironmentJamstackDevOpsVersion ControlMonorepoPackage ManagerEnvironment VariableNamespacePluginFront EndDynamic ContentStatic ContentServer Side ScriptingSEOIndex FileError LogLogsLogs RotationZip Archive

DNS

Domain Name System records and configuration

A RecordCNAME RecordMX RecordTXT RecordDNS PropagationPropagation DelayDomain RegistrarDomain RegistrationEPP CodeAlias DomainParked DomainAddon DomainICANNTLDTTLZone File

Protocols

Internet communication and transfer protocols

HTTPFTPSFTPSSHSMTPIMAPRDPSCPWebmail

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