Jak Dude's definitions

operating system

An operating system (OS) is the basic structure on which your computer runs. The most common operating systems used on Web servers are FreeBSD (UNIX), Windows®, Linux, and Solaris.
See Also: UNIX, FREEBSD

My operating system is Windows.

by Jak Dude May 6, 2005

Web Site

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

My web site has alot of game info.

by Jak Dude May 6, 2005

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.

Our site's web server was down yesterday.

by Jak Dude May 6, 2005

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 web sites that have high traffic, and need many resources and much processing power.

Man, my site needs to get a dedicated server!

by Jak Dude May 6, 2005

registrar

A registrar is a company or organization that registers domain names. Previously, Network Solutions was the only domain name registrar, but competition for registrars was opened in November of 1999, and now there are about 25 registrars globally. ICANN is the new governing body for registrars.
See Also: ICANN, INTERNIC

Registrar is'nt as good as you'd think.

by Jak Dude May 6, 2005

E-MAIL POP

An E-mail POP (post office protocol) account is an actual E-mail box located on the server for which the address is made. When E-mail is sent to a real POP account, the mail is stored on the server until the user logs in with their E-mail software and downloads it.

You can use my E-mail POP for your website.

by Jak Dude May 6, 2005

web browser

A Web browser is a software package that allows your computer, once connected to the Web, to fetch documents from Web servers around the World, translate the HTML code in the documents and display the information to your screen.

My web browser keeps crashing from the bad html coding you've done on your site.

by Jak Dude May 6, 2005