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Web
Hosting Glossary - B
Backbone
The main line of a series of connections within a network.
Bandwidth
This is the amount of data that is sent through a connection. If
you have a large web site, with many visitors, you will need a lot
more bandwidth than someone with a one page web site that gets 2
visitors a month. Some hosting plans offer unlimited bandwidth,
but most have limits or will just make you pay for extra bandwidth
because if a site is clogging their servers with visitors, they
want to get compensated for that.
Browser
A Client program (software) that is used to look at various kinds
of Internet resources.
Byte
A set of Bits that represent a single character. Usually there are
8 Bits in a Byte, sometimes more, depending on how the measurement
is being made.
Backgrounds
These are images which are designed to to sit in the background
of a web page so that all other information, (e.g.text, images)
is seen to sit on top.
Backup/Restore
The process of copying files so that they are preserved in the case
of equipment failure or catastrophe. If files are damaged on the
server, we resort to the backup copy to restore the files back to
the machine.
Baud rate
The speed rate of a data channel - expressed as bits per second
(bps) - which is usually used when referring to the speed of modems.
Benchmark
A test used to compare performance of hardware and/or software.
Binary
Pertaining to a number system that has just two unique digits. Computers
are based on the binary numbering system, which consists of just
two unique numbers, 0 and 1.
Bit
Short for binary digit, the smallest unit of information on a machine.
A single bit can hold only one of two values: 0 or 1.
Bookmark
Nearly all web browsers support a bookmarking feature that lets
you save the address (URL) of a web page so that you can easily
revisit the page at a later time.
BBS
(Bulletin Board System) -- A computerized meeting and announcement
system that allows people to carry on discussions, upload and download
files, and make announcements. The people who belong to this "community"
do not need to be connected to the computer running the BBS at the
same time. There are thousands of BBS’s around the world and
most are very small, running on a single PC with 1 or 2 phone lines.
Binhex
(BINary HEXadecimal) -- A method for converting non-text files (non-ASCII)
into ASCII. This is needed because Internet e-mail can only handle
ASCII.
Bps
(Bits-Per-Second) -- A measurement of how fast data is moved from
one place to another. A 28.8 modem can move 28,800 bits per second.
Basic
Rate Interface (BRI)
A
BRI line is one of two access methods for ISDN (the other one is
Primary Rate Interface - PRI). A BRI has two 64 Kbps B channels
and one 16 Kbps D channel.
Body
The part of an email message that contains the actual text of the
message.
Bot
An automated piece of software that can be used in chat rooms or
to crawl the web.
BRB
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