Ads (Google Ads)
It's an online advertising platform developed by Google where users can display their ads to web users on the search engine results page.
Backup
Refers to the process of copying data so that it may be used to restore it in case of any eventuality, accident, or data loss event.
Cloud
The Cloud is an infrastructure that allows computing services like platforms and apps to be available to users over the Internet.
CMS
Known as a content manager, it's a software or application used so that any user can administer and manage a website's content easily and without knowledge of website programming.
Data Center
A Data Processing Center is used to house computer systems and their associated components for the remote storage, processing, or distribution of large amounts of data.
DNS
It stands for Domain Name Service, and it serves to link a website like example.org to the IP of the server that hosts it.
Domains
It is the unique and exclusive name by which your website is identified on the Internet; it may describe everything from the type of company or organization, to the country in which it is registered or the sector to which it belongs, thanks to the infinity of extensions that exist.
Ecommerce
We define electronic commerce as the activity of buying and selling products and services over the Internet.
Firewall
It's a network security system that monitors incoming and outgoing traffic, configured with certain security rules to block or allow access to the network.
FTP / sFTP
It' i's a File Transfer Protocol between devices connected to a network. From a personal computer, you can connect to a server to download or upload content.
It's an American technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, being its search engine the most famous. It is the world's most popular website and the most used search engine.
Hosting
It is a storage service associated with your domain. That allows you to host information, images, videos, or any other content necessary for your website, as well as have an email service with accounts associated with your domain.
HTTPS
Abbreviation for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure, it is the secure version of the data transfer protocol HTTP. This means that all communications between your browser and the website are encrypted and, therefore, much more secure.
ICANN
These are the initials for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization responsible for the Domain Name System.
IMAP
The acronym of Internet Message Access Protocol, it is the email protocol that allows users to read the email that is stored on the server. That is, it allows them to access emails from different devices because they are stored on the server.
Java
It's an object-oriented programming language specifically designed to let application developers "write once, run anywhere", meaning it can run on all platforms without the need for recompilation.
Key
Series of signs, numbers and letters previously agreed-upon that act as a secret password.
Let's Encrypt
It's a non-profit certificate authority hosted by the Linux Foundation that provides automatic SSL certificates for websites.
Malware
A term that encompasses all types of code or malicious computer programs intentionally designed to cause damage to a system, acting against the interests of the computer user.
MySQL
It's an open-source database management system considered one of the most popular in the world.
Network
Infrastructure which allows all the different kinds of devices to connect over cables or wireless media to share resources, data and services.
Open Source
Denotes all software that includes permission to freely use its source code so any user with the proper knowledge can modify it.
PHP
It is a programming language, and the initials stand for Hypertext PreProcessor. It's one of the most popular open-source programming languages for dynamic web content development.
POP3
It is an acronym for Post Office Protocol, and it is used by customers who want to obtain emails from a server to store them locally on their device. That is, this email protocol downloads messages from the server and store them on your device.
Root
In Unix, it is the name of the system administrator who has all the rights and permissions in all modes. It can also refer to the root directory, the first directory in a hierarchy.
SEO
It means Search Engine Optimization, the process of affecting the online visibility of a website in a search engine's unpaid (or natural) results
SMTP
It is the acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, the protocol for sending emails between different devices on the Internet.
SSD NVMe
It is a type of disk based on NAND flash memory cells for storing data, which provides improvements such as lower energy consumption, less noise, and greater resistance to shocks over normal SSDs.
SSL
It's the acronym for Secure Socket Layer and is a security protocol that guarantees a website is safe and there is no danger in sending confidential information (personal data, account numbers, etc.).
TTL
Time to Live or hop limit, is a mechanism that limits the lifespan of a DNS record on the authoritative name servers and keeps it active before it is discarded or revalidated.
UNIX
It' i's a multi-task, multi-user operating system with high portability, developed in 1969 by AT&T's Bell laboratories.
Virus
It's a software or part of a code that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code that often performs some type of harmful activity on infected computers.
WordPress
It's a free content manager or CMS most associated with blogging but that also supports other types of web content (like online stores). Right now, it's the most popular website management system in use.
WHOIS
Protocol used to query a domain's registration data, and which provides the data; where the domain is registered, its current status, or contacts.
XML
eXtensible Markup Language is a markup language developed by W3C that defines a set of rules to reduce the number of coders. It emphasizes simplicity and is widely used in web programming.
ZIP
It's a format of lossless compression where each file is compressed separately. Used mostly to compress images, data, and programs.