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A high speed connection to the internet. People speak in a fairly low pitch compared to computers using broadband, because of this it is possible to share a phone line with a computer!
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Allows you to change the information on your site. Many companies use this buzz word to charge much more for your website. Click here to contact us and we will give you our honest advice about if a content management system is what you need.
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Settings which make webpages load when you enter a web address. Without DNS, web addresses would look like this http://69.89.22.146/~stripedm/
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Storing information on your website, for example products or recent events. A content management system stores all the information in a database.
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A computer which hosts only one website. Most websites do not need this!
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Your web address, for example ours is www.stripemonkey.com
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Using a secure payments to accept money online.
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A program used to copy files from one computer to another over the internet.
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1000 Megabytes. With a gigabyte of space, you could store thousands of digital photographs.
See also Byte
Kilobyte
Megabyte
Gigabyte
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The physical computer where we you can put a website.
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The company which connects your computer to the internet. For example (AOL, BT, Tiscali).
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Millions of computers each hosting web pages and services.
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A website which is only accessible to your internal company.
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The most popular format of storing a digital photograph. A vinal record, a cd and a cassette tape are different formats of storing some music, there are different formats of storing pictures such as a Jpg, Bmp or a Png.
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The amount of space needed to store 1000 characters. The information on a webpage (without the pictures) will usually be about 5Kb.
See also Byte
Kilobyte
Megabyte
Gigabyte
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1000 Kilobytes. A photo taken with a digital camera will probably be about 1Mb in size. A website is typically around 10Mb in size but this can vary massively.
See also Byte
Kilobyte
Megabyte
Gigabyte
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A computer which converts links a web address to a website.
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A language used to make more functional websites.
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A website which lets you search for other webpages. Google, MSN, Yahoo are the most popular search engines.
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Making your site so it is search engine friendly so you appear higher on search engine results. If you want us to optimize your site to improve search engine results, Get in touch. If your results do not improve, we will give you your money back!
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Designing webpages and adding functionality.
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A place the internet for your customers to find information about your company.
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