Unit 4 Hosting a Web Site

The portion of the web address that identifies the web server that stores your site and gives access to visitors (e.g., apple.com).

• hosting plan

• upload

• domain name

• maintenance plan

A commonly used protocol that transfers data from one computer to another over the Internet or through a network

• blog

• favicon

• web optimization

• file transfer protocol (FTP)

A small, customized icon shown in the address bar next to the URL or in the Favorites menu when a site is bookmarked.

• favicon

• search engine

• hosting plan

• server

Search engines include keywords as one element in the algorithms they use to rank a page's relevance in a search

• maintenance plan

• favicon

• server

• keywords

A form of blogging in which the content is typically much smaller than a traditional blog in terms of both actual size and aggregate file size. A microblog entry could consist of nothing but a short sentence fragment, or an image or embedded video

• microblogging

• domain name

• favicon

• host plan

A monthly, biannual, or annual service for having a website published on a hosting company's server, as well as a URL, email addresses, technical support, FTP access, and other related services.

• web optimization

• hosting plan

• wireframe

• domain name

Identifies a protocol for how a web page will be retrieved from a remote server.

• web statistic

• web hit

• hypertext transfer protocol (http)

• domain name

A plan for the ongoing maintenance, bug fixing, upgrading, and content refreshing for a website.

• domain name

• hosting plan

• favicon

• maintenance plan

To put files from your local computer onto a remote server or public web host.

• hosting plan

• search engine optimization

• upload

• FTP

The process of reducing the size and complexity of a website in order to maximize the performance and speed of the site.

• search engine

• website optimization

• host plan

• favicon