| Term |
Definition |
|
Wikipedia |
A project begun in 2001 to collaboratively write an
encyclopedia that is editable by anyone. |
|
TLD |
Top Level Domain |
| DNS |
Domain Naming
System, Domain Name Server |
|
Domain
Name |
Human readable text that is translated into computer
readable address. |
|
Hostname | Computer's name. In a networked environment most often also the server portion of the Domain Name. |
|
LAN |
Local Area Network |
|
WAN |
Wide Area Network |
|
Internet |
Publicly accessible system of interconnected computers. |
|
CNAME |
Canonical DNS name record. Makes one domain name
an alias of another. (2/3 down the linked page) |
|
URL |
Uniform Resource Locator. |
