Glossary
Here's a guide to some of the terms used on our website:
Bandwidth
The amount of data transferred while viewing web pages or sending emails
Code
The scripted programming language used to develop web pages, which is then interpreted by internet browsers and displayed as a website
Contact form
A form within a page that helps people contact you by specifying fields of required information, e.g. name and company, and sends this to you
Content
The text and images of your website, as distinct from function and page layout
Control panel
An online area which allows you to perform tasks such as managing email accounts or viewing visitor statistics
Disk space
The amount of space or memory on your hosting, for example if your images are 1mb each and your space is 100mb you would be limited to storing 100 images within your site
Domain, domain name
The unique URL for your website and emails, e.g. www.weebo.co.uk, which tells internet service providers where your site is hosted
Download
This usually refers to a file - such as a Word document or PDF - that users can download to their computer
FTP
File transfer protocol is the means of direct access to site files and folders within your hosting account, so that they can be edited 'behind the scenes'
Global domain
A domain not related to a specific country, for example.com,.org, etc.
Google map
A tailored map of your location which is provided free by Google
Hosting
The space on a computer which stores your website files and handles emails
Images
Photos, illustrations and other graphic files on your website
Internet
The collective term for all public communication between computers, including websites and email
Internet browser, browser
An application, such as Internet Explorer, which displays websites
ISP, internet service provider
The company providing your internet connection, for example BT Broadband
MB
One megabytes is 1024 ‘kilobytes’, which are units representing the space taken up by data
Program
The process of developing code
Search engine
A website such as Google which allows you to search for a specific term, and provides a list of relevant results.
Sitemap
A list of all the pages of your website including links to help users and search engines find their way around
Structure
The relation of pages to each other within a website, normally presented in a sitemap
UK domain
A domain specific to the UK, for example.co.uk,.org.uk
Visitor statistics
Information about who has visited your website including total visitors, pages viewed, how they found your site, etc.
Web
'The web' is a collective term referring to all public websites
Web page
An individual page within a website, such as 'home' or 'contact'
Website
A collection of pages and other information within a single domain name