Glossary
23 terms about websites, domains, hosting and email, explained in plain English.
Most popular terms
- CMSAn admin panel for changing the content of your website yourself, without coding, for example WordPress.
- DNSThe list of settings for your domain. It tells the internet which server your website is on and where your email should go. Think of it as the internet’s address book.
- DomainThe address of your website, for example yourcompany.com. You buy it for a year or longer from a company that sells domains (a registrar).
- HostingThe place on the internet where the files of your website live. Without hosting nobody can see your website, even if you have a domain.
- MX recordA DNS entry that tells the internet which server should receive email sent to addresses at your domain.
- SSL certificateProtection for the connection to your website. With it, the address starts with https and anything typed into a form is encrypted.