Web Hosting Canada: The word web describes the Internet which is the interlinked network of web pages. Hosting is the act of serving up the pages from a  particular web site.  A company that specializes in this industry is a hoster of web sites.  Canada is located in North America  directly north of the United States of America. So when we take this all together the term " web hosting Canada" refers to companies serving web pages to the internet  that are Canadian or are aimed towards the Canadian hosting market.

Canadian Web Hosting: See definition for web hosting Canada. It is essentially the same concept.

Domain Name Registration: Domain Names are the easy to remember names that are used by the web. This is in contrast to the idea of using ip addresses. Domain names are mapped to the responding web servers by DNS (Domain Name Service) servers that have authority for a particular Domain. Chinookwebs.com or chinook-computers.com are examples of a domain name. Domains can end with different extensions than .com, some common examples are .ca, .net, .org, .biz, .info etc. In order to get a domain name one must complete a domain name registration process, usually with a domain registrar.

Domain Registrar: A company (usually) that accepts applications from the public for Domain name registration. The Registrar will confirm availability of the domain name on behalf of the applicant and then input the appropriate information into the DNS system. Domain names are rented to the applicant in 1 year time periods.

Database Web Hosting: This refers to the ability to serve up pages that include content that comes (derived) from databases. Usually pages that have this feature are referred to as dynamic pages, meaning that the content may change depending on the circumstances of the page being viewed. This may include user choices or other variables. A database is defined as a collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval.

SQL Hosting: This is similar to database web hosting but refers specifically to the programming language being used to manipulate the database. SQL stands for Structured Query Language. Common usage of SQL hosting would refer to the use of Microsoft's™ SQL Server program, or MySql.

Web Design: The look and feel of information presented on a web page. Web Designers use various tools to manipulate the html (hypertext markup language) present on a page in order to enhance the appearance. A web designer is typically an artisan that will perform web design for a web site.

ASP: In the hosting world this can refer to two different things. Firstly Active Server Pages, which is a scripting language that will generate html code, most commonly used on dynamic sites because  of the built-in support for databases and variables.  The second definition refers to Application Service Provider, which is a company that hosts complete applications for clients for example Exchange Server would be an application.

ASP.Net: This is the next generation of Active server pages built around the Microsoft .Net framework. Some of its features are security , ease of use, flexibility and compatibility with compiled programming languages such as C#.

Windows Hosting: Refers to web servers using Microsoft Windows Server Software as the operating system (OS). Versions included Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003.

Ecommerce Hosting: Web Serving focused on ecommerce. Usually requires specific technical differences  to the server to accommodate special features such as shopping carts etc. Some common things include security certificates (SSL - Secure Sockets Layer).  ASP or ASP.Net support and database support. All this is then usually tied into a payment gateway so that the shopper can pay for purchases using a credit card.

Ecommerce Web Design: Creating web pages that will assist in the selling of products. Most often includes a shopping cart and means of settling the transaction via payment processing.

Email Hosting: Providing email addresses based on a domain name without hosting a web site.

Dedicated Hosting: A web server exclusively set up for a single client.

FrontPage: An easy to use web design tool by Microsoft.

FrontPage Hosting: Web hosting that includes FrontPage Server Extensions.  Adds functionality to a FrontPage design client in that the server accepts and understands specific tools and functionality included in FrontPage.

Dreamweaver: An easy to use web design tool by Macromedia.

Dreamweaver hosting: The web server is compatible with Macromedia's Dreamweaver product and Dreamweaver extensions.

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