What is Disk Space?

This refers to the amount of space you can use on a host's computer. The size of all the files on your website cannot exceed the total amount that you are allowed. It is usually measured in MB, and sometimes in GB. (1GB=1000MB= 1,000,000 KB= 1,000,000,000 Bytes)

What is cPanel Control Panel?

The control center of your web hosting account is the administrator control panel, or admin panel. You will use the admin panel to manage each and every part of your server.

The admin panel is vital in setting up and managing mail boxes. It also is necessary to assign different domains and subdomains to your server. The admin panel will help you manage password protection of certain directors on your server. You will also use your admin panel to manage databases.

What is Bandwidth?

Bandwidth refers to the amount of data that website visitors can download from a website. You can get an estimate of the amount of bandwidth your website will require if you know how large your pages will be and how many people you anticipate viewing your website on a daily or monthly basis. The most practical way to determine just how much bandwidth your website will need is to ask us to help estimate your need based on that information.

What is a Domain Name?

A domain name is as important as your own name. It is how Internet searchers locate you online. In addition to a name, your domain name is also like an address when used with a .com, .org, or .net.

The difference between a domain name and human names is that there cannot be two domain names. There may be millions of Jim Jackson's in the world, but on the World Wide Web, there can be only one www.jimjackson.com!

The suffix of the address, the .com part, is the top-level domain. If you are operating a business and want to really draw potential customers to your site, you can tie up the market by buying several domains with your company’s name at .com, .biz, .info, .net, etc. Likewise, if the domain name you really wanted is taken already as a .com, you may check to see if it is available as a .net, .biz, etc.

While the Internet is ever expanding, these domains are among the most popular:

• .com - one of the most common worldwide
• .biz - provided for businesses and eCommercial websites
• .info - provided for information, like news, political blogs, etc.
• .org - provided primarily for non profit websites and organizations
• .net - for online businesses such as web hosting companies, domain name resellers and similar online providers
• .name - provided for personal websites and web spaces