Some visitors and potential clients don't have big knowledge about internet technology. So in this article, our team will define some most common website features and terminology.

Website features and glossary

Domain

That is the name of the website like eDot.pro. Domain is on the list of crucial website features. Domain contains website name eDot and extension .pro. It must be unique and can be registered apropos purchased. It can be done by domain providers or registrars like godaddy.com and domain.com. For a functional website, the domain must be readable by computer and connected to hosting, that can be completed with DNS. Users who want to have website need to register domain. Domain name should be like some brand, product or service.

DNS

Domain Name System is a crucial protocol with main function to translate human-readable domain name into IP address which is readable by computer. That IP address is connected to a server owned by the hosting provider. DNS is the bridge between domain and hosting.

Hosting

All websites with its files and content must be physically stored on some server. That is called hosted data, and that webspace what visitors access is called hosting. There are hosting companies, which have huge servers and host thousands of websites. So, when a website owner pays a hosting company, it gives him “tenancy” of his website data on their server. Good hosting is crucial for every website. Hosting companies gives services which provide security, backup, maintenance, CDN, SSL, fast performance and else.

IP Address

Every device connected to the internet must have an Internet Protocol address. That address identifies a device on the network and allows it to send and receive data. People have physical and also devices have network addresses. An IP address consists of four octets with numbers between 0-255, for example 34.241.0.72. It can be static or dynamic. Static IP is unique all time and dynamic IP address changes from time to time. Websites must have static IP address.

Bandwidth

That is the quantity of data transmitted from website to visitor(s). It is measured in megabytes or gigabytes. Most hosting providers have limitations to bandwidth. In that way, they force clients to purchase a higher package of hosting. High bandwidth is essential to prevent consequences of some security problems like denial-of-service attack.

Bandwidth speed or I/O usage

A very important part of website speed performance is bandwidth speed, also called I/O usage. It is speed of transmitting data to users. Perhaps, web developer can make highly optimized website for speed. But if a hosting company doesn't provide high I/O usage, website performance will be reduced. Those companies need to provide minimally 25 MB/s of bandwidth speed.

Cloud

It refers to digital space hosted on some servers. Cloud enables a user to access programs and files that not stored on his own device. Cloud can be used for backup, storage, virtual machines, testing, …