Active Server Pages: A Microsoft-invented programming environment that allows Web developers to create server-side scripted templates that generate dynamic, interactive applications. Embedded ASP codes in standard HTML can achieve a range of possibilities, from Web content customized to a user's individual tastes or a complex database application that may access legacy data from a mainframe.

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AspMail allows you to send SMTP mail directly from a Web page.

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AspUpload enables an ASP application to capture, save and process files uploaded to the Web server with a browser. It allows you to add file upload functionality to your Web application in as little as 2 lines of ASP script.

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A special mailbox that has an unlimited number of aliased addresses assigned to it.  this allows small businesses to use multiple addresses without the complexity of multiple email boxes. A common example would be to have sales@, info@, support@, orders@, name@ all going into the same mailbox.

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Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a protocol that allows a Web page to run a program on a Web server. Forms, counters, and guestbooks are common examples of CGI programs. You will have access to your own cgi-local bin in which you may place your own custom CGI scripts.

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Any outward-bound traffic from your Web site is considered data transfer. For example, each time an HTML file, image, or other element on your Web page is loaded, data transfer is generated.

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Disk space refers to the amount of server disk storage your account is allocated. This space is used to store your html files, graphics, audio clips, POP mail messages, and all other files that make up your Web site. Each of our shared servers includes a specified allotment of disk storage space, but additional space can be purchased for any account.

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Autoresponders may be used to send automated responses to incoming eMail sent to a specific address. For example, an autoresponder could be used to send a standard message and collateral to persons addressing pricelist@yourdomain.

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File Transfer Protocol; method used to upload our Web site files to your shared server. You have unlimited access to your shared server via FTP 24-hours a day to set up and maintain your Web site. You can work on HTML documents, graphics, and scripts locally, then upload files to your Web site when ready.

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Comprehensive backups of your data. In the event of permanent data loss, a restoration may occur that will recover your lost files.

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We use a comprehensive statistics package by Deep Metrix that automatically e-mails you a summary report weekly and monthly.  You can also log on to our statistics server for up to the minute reporting and can choose from hundreds of in depth reports.

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When you sign up for your hosting plan, you'll receive a domain email account (you@yourname.com). You might also have an email address provided by your local ISP. With mail forwarding, all email addressed to you@yourname.com will be sent to your "real" email address. Additional mail forwarding options include the ability to forward different yourname.com email to specific addresses on the Internet. For example, email addressed to webmaster@yourname.com could forward to your "real" email address (provided by your ISP), while sales@yourname.com could forward to a different email address.

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A group discussion conducted through email messages, specific to a topic or common interest. When a message is sent to a mailing list, each list subscriber receives a copy.

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FrontPage^® is a WYSIWYG Web page editor by Microsoft^®. In order to use FrontPage^® to create and maintain your Web site, your hosting service must install "extensions" (CGI programs that provide the server side implementation of FrontPage) for your account. We offer FrontPage^® 2002 extensions on all of our servers.

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Microsoft^® Access^® is the best selling database in the world since it comes bundled in Microsoft^® Office. Powerful and fully compatible with ASP scripting. Once you have requested an Access^® DB, you must also supply us with the DSN name you will be using. Microsoft^® Access^® databases typically service individuals and small groups (10-20 users) with no more than one to five megabytes of data, which could easily be processed on the desktop. Otherwise Microsoft^® SQL Server, which can support thousands of users with terabytes of information, and provides other enterprise-level database capabilities.

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Microsoft^® Windows^® Media Player is a multimedia application for streaming audio. You may only have a maximum of 20MB of space designated for your Microsoft^® Windows^® Media Player files. The CFWebmasters.com platform supports 10 concurrent threads per server for streaming audio. We recommend that you switch to a dedicated server if the above specifications do not suit your needs.

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High-end performance database application for Windows^® 2000 servers, for large and complicated back-end integration of database files.

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ODBC is a standard for accessing different database systems. There are interfaces for Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the Access, Paradox, dBase, Text, Excel and many other databases.

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Post Office Protocol - or - Point Of Presence: Post Office Protocol is a method of retrieving email from a server. Point Of Presence is a telephone number that provides dial-up Internet access. Each of our hosting packages comes with unique POP3 eMail accounts, in addition to eMail forwarding. You have the option to retrieve eMail directly from POP3 mailboxes on the mail server using an eMail program such as Eudora. Your POP eMail accounts can be instantly created from the Web control panel included with all shared server packages. Each of our shared servers includes a specific number of POP3 eMail boxes, but additional boxes can be purchased for any account in 5 account increments for a cost of $1/eMail per month.

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Reports that can be requested up to once per month that will compare the keywords used on your site and report your placement in all of the top search engines.

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Secure Sockets Layer: A protocol designed by Netscape to enable encrypted communications across the Internet. It provides privacy, authentication, and message integrity. SSL is often used in communications between browsers and servers. A URL that begins with "https" is a clue that an SSL connection will be used on the Web site. During an SSL connection, each side sends a Security Certificate to the other. Both sides then encrypt what they send, ensuring that only the intended recipient can decode it.

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A method used to access e-mail messages through a web browser using HTTP. You can conveniently access your domain email from any browser around the world!

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