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Explore some of the most common terms related web hosting and security. Click on a term to see its definition and learn more.

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2

2FA

4

404 Error

a

Apache

b

Back End

Backup

Bandwidth

Brute-Force Attack

c

Cache

CDN

Cloud Hosting

CNAME Record

Control Panel

Cookies

cPanel

CPU

d

Disk Space

Debugging

Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated Server

Database Version

Database

Data Center

DDoS Attack

f

File Manager

File Permissions

Firewall

First Contentful Paint

FTP

h

Hosts File

Hosting Provider

HTTPS

.htaccess

l

Load Balancer

localhost

Linux Hosting

Largest Contentful Paint

Linux

m

MySQL

mod_rewrite

Memory Usage

Malware

n

Network

o

oEmbed

p

Page Load Time

Permissions

phpMyAdmin

Processes

r

Reseller Hosting

RAID

RAM

Redirect Loop

Regex

Response Time

s

SSH

SSL/TLS

Secure Hosting

Server

Shared Hosting

SLA

Softaculous

SFTP

u

Uptime

v

VPS Hosting

w

Web Application

Website Builder

WHM

WHMCS

Website Performance