Here's
a list of website development technical terms used at proshay.com.
Just a little helpful glossary.
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B -
Bandwidth
- The range of frequencies, expressed in Kilobits per second,
that can pass over a given data transmission channel within
a frame relay network. The bandwidth determines the rate at
which information can be sent through a channel - the greater
the bandwidth, the more information that can be sent in a
given amount of time.
BIOS
Basic Input-Output System; a chip (or chips) in your pc that
controls how your computer communicates with hardware components
in your system, like the keyboard, floppy drive, and hard
disk.
Boot
The process of starting up a computer.
Browser
A winsock client (software) used to navigate the Internet.
Netscape and Internet Explorer are examples.
Browser
Control Panel- All users have access to a Web-based Control Panel
which allows you to set mail forwarding options, enable/disable
anonymous FTP access, view your statistics, change your password
and more. It also allows access to other features such as
an HTML Form Generator, Web-based HTML editor and Perl script
checker. Users can also update account contact information
at anytime without having to contact customer support.
Byte
The smallest unit of storage, either on a disk or in memory.
