Jargon Archives - Preston Website Design
What is ‘Hosting’?
Continuing on from the previous blog entry on ‘Domains’. We’ll turn our attention to ‘Hosting’ which goes hand in hand, to recap, as a metaphor, a domain is like the address of a house, the ‘Hosting’ is like the land where the house/website resides.
What is a ‘Domain’?
Often referred to as ‘website domain’, ‘domain name’ or ‘domain URL’ – but what is it? Well, it’s the term given to the address of your website (and is also used for email addresses).
A guide to website jargon
We will be creating a number of posts to help explain the different terms that are used when talking about websites. When talking to a web designer or agency, they will often use some jargon, some of which you might have previously heard of, some maybe new terms. This can lead to a very confusing and hard to understand process.
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