Glossary of Terms

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Paid Advertising Campaign
The creation and monitoring of paid search advertising done on search engine networks such as Google® and Yahoo!®. Includes keyword development and monthly reports detailing the number of clicks on the paid ads and the cost-effectiveness of the campaign. Also known as sponsored advertising.
Paid Search Advertising
or Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising helps an online business to attract qualified customers. The ads can be placed in various locations on search engine networks.
Pay Per Click (PPC) Advertising
or Paid Search Advertising helps an online business to attract qualified customers. The ads can be placed in various locations on search engine networks.
Password Protected Directories
For additional security you can create passwords on all directories for your Web site content.
Paypal®
Paypal® is an electronic payment tool that allows buyers and sellers to conduct transactions online without directly exchanging credit card information. Online sellers may be able to use PayPal® to process payments without opening a conventional merchant account.
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PC hijacking
An attack on a network-connected Personal Computer (PC) that results in the attacker taking control of the PC remotely. Once remote control is established, the attacker can gain access to e-mail, passwords, and other data on the PC, as well as use the PC to carry out tasks without the owner's knowledge, such as send out spam e-mail. Such remote-controlled PCs are often referred to as "zombies."
Perl
Short for Practical Extraction and Report Language, Perl is a programming language with strong capability to process text. Commonly used for writing CGI Scripts.
Pharming
An attack on a domain name's DNS server that allows the attacker to acquire control of the destination of the domain name for a Web site. The attacker then redirects traffic trying to reach that site to another location.
Phishing
Phishing refers to fraudulent communications designed to deceive consumers into providing personal, financial, or account information, including account user name and password, credit card information, and social security number. These spam e-mails often create a false sense of urgency intended to provoke the recipient to take immediate action; for example, phishing e-mails frequently instruct recipients to "validate" or "update" account information or face cancellation.
Phone and E-mail Support
Network Solutions is renowned for its industry-leading customer care and technical support. We provide professional telephone and e-mail support for any questions you may have, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can contact us by e-mail or by phone using the options below.
  • By E-mail:
    Click on either General Support or Technical Assistance from the Customer Support Center.
  • By Phone:

    In the U.S. and Canada call:

    1.888.642.9675 (General Support)

    1.866.391.HELP (Technical Assistance)

    Outside the U.S. call:

    1.570.708.8788

Photo Albums
A Web-based, digital photo storage application allowing you to store and share digital photos securely, quickly and simultaneously via the Web.
PHP
A server-side, HTML-embedded, open source scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. Network Solutions currently runs PHP version 4.
phpMyAdmin
PhpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web.
Point External Domains
Hosting accounts typically let you point to several external domains. The ability to point to external domains lets you assign different domains to a hosting package. For example janesbagels.com can point to def123.com.
Polls
You can create voting polls on your Web site to gauge your site visitors' opinions.
Post Office Protocol (POP, POP2 or POP3)
POP is a process that transfers your e-mail messages from our servers to your computer's hard drive. You can access your messages using an e-mail program installed on your computer. POP allows you to:
  • Use the e-mail software currently installed on your computer
  • Connect faster than the Web Mail option
  • Have unlimited storage
  • Compose and review messages while offline
Powerful 128-bit Encryption
128-bit encryption means that the data cryptographically encoded during an SSL session is at the highest level currently available, and nearly impossible to break. Compared to a 40-bit encrypted SSL Certificate, a 128-bit is more than 300 septillion (300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) times stronger.
All SiteSafe™ SSL Certificates from Network Solutions are encrypted at 128 bits and can support higher or lower encryption levels as determined by the Web server or browser. In other words, if the Web server or browser is configured to support 256 bit encryption (e.g. Apache® 2 and Firefox®), then the secure session will be established at that level; alternatively, if the Web server or browser only supports 40 or 56-bit encryption, then the session will be established at that encryption level.
Premium Resale Domain Names
Premium Resale Domains are currently registered .com or .net domain names that are available for immediate registration at a price agreed upon between Network Solutions and the current registrant. No bidding or negotiations required! Premium Resale Domains will appear in your Network Solutions account within minutes after purchase.
Private Registration
When you register a domain name, your address, e-mail and phone number are published in the public WHOIS database. ICANN requires this personal information to be available for anybody to view on the Web. Private registration allows you to use alternate contact information rather than your own personal information for the "WHOIS" database when registering a domain name.
Program (Programming)
An organized list of instructions that, when executed, causes the computer to behave in a predetermined manner. Without programs, computers are useless. A program is like a recipe. It contains a list of ingredients (called variables) and directions that tell the computer what to do. The variables can represent numeric data, text, or graphical images.
Provisioning Timing
Network Solutions provides a comprehensive validation process to ensure that a SiteSafe™ SSL Certificate is properly issued. Upon receipt of all required documentation, our four-step process is expedited within one business day with the purchase of SiteSafe SSL Pro or Wildcard Certificate, and two to four business days with the purchase of the SiteSafe SSL Basic or Site Confirm Seal.
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