Hosting Glossary

Here you can find important tech terms and definitions, explained in a simple and clear way.

IP Address (Internet Protocol Address)

An IP (Internet Protocol) Address is a unique string of numbers (or alphanumeric characters in IPv6) separated by periods that identifies a specific device or server on the internet or a local network. Just like a physical street address allows the postal service to deliver a package to your house, an IP address allows computers to send and receive data to the correct destination.

Zone Record (DNS Zone File)

A Zone Record (or DNS Zone File) is a simple text file stored on a DNS name server that contains the actual mappings between domain names and IP addresses, as well as other critical routing instructions for a domain. It is essentially the master ledger that dictates exactly where web traffic, email traffic, and subdomains should be sent when someone interacts with your company's domain.

DNS (Domain Name System)

The Domain Name System (DNS) is often described as the "phonebook of the internet." Humans access information online through readable domain names like flowtrix.co. Web browsers, however, interact through Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (like 192.0.2.1). DNS translates the human-readable domain names into machine-readable IP addresses so browsers can load the correct internet resources.

Bandwidth

In web hosting and network architecture, Bandwidth refers to the maximum volume of data that can be transmitted over an internet connection in a given amount of time (usually measured in Megabits or Gigabits per second). For a website, it represents the total amount of data transferred from the website's server to the users' browsers when they load pages, view images, or download files over a specific billing period (usually a month).

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