When using computers and the Internet for business, it's easy to feel like you're drowning in a sea of nonsense. Computer stuff tends to have its own language, and while you don't have to know it all, there are plenty of confusing words and phrases you'll come across sooner or later. Here's a quick introduction.
bandwidth. Bandwidth is the amount of data your website can send each second and the amount of data your website visitors can receive. If you don't have enough bandwidth for either, your website will be slow to display. For this reason, you should choose a host with sufficient bandwidth and test that on a slow connection he does not take too long to download the website.
Browser. A browser is the software (see below) that a website visitor uses to view her website. The most common browser is Microsoft's Internet Explorer that comes with Windows.
Cookies. A cookie is a data file that is stored on the computer of someone who visits your website so that they can remember who they are when they return.The problem people have when ordering is You'll find it almost inevitably related to her cookies. Cookies must be enabled.
Download.Transferring data from a website to a computer.
Favorites. Favorites are websites that the user has saved for viewing again by selecting Add to Favorites from the browser menu.
FTP. File transfer protocol. This is a common way of uploading files to websites (see below).
JavaScript. A common language for creating "scripts" for websites. A small program that makes a website more interactive. Another common cause of visitor problems.
JPEGs. Collaborative Photographic Experts Group. It is the name of the most common format for images on the web and is named after the group that invented it. If you want to put the image on your website, you should save it as a JPEG.
hardware. Hardware is computer equipment that physically exists. Software is the exact opposite.
Hosting. When you have a website on the Internet, you pay someone to host it, a service that allows your homepage to be seen by many people.
HTML. A hypertext markup language. A type of code used to indicate how to display a web page using a system of small "tags". For example, the 'b' tag makes the text bold and the 'img' tag shows the image.
hyperlinks. A hyperlink is when you click text on a website to go to another website or to another page on the same website. For example, if someone on your girlfriend's website clicks on your email address and sends an email, that email address becomes a hyperlink.
programming. In this case, the computer is given instructions on what to do using one of many "programming languages." Programming languages for the web include PHP and Perl.
Server. The server is where her website is stored and is the server that users connect to when they visit her website. For example, if someone tells you that your server is down, it means your website is down. Note that server refers to both the hardware and software of this system.
software. A program that runs on a computer or that makes a website work. For example, Microsoft Word is software, as is Apache (the most common web server software). Opposite of hardware.
Spider. Don't worry if a spider visits your website!Spiders are simple programs that search engines use to scan his website and
