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Dedicated Unix Hosting:
What is
Unix Hosting?
A. Unix is an operating system developed by Bell Labs in the 1970's. It
is a popular operating system that is used by many companies all over
the world. Most web hosting providers use a unix based OS called FreeBSD
on their shared hosting servers.
Your personal computer's operating system does not affect your ability
to use a Unix server for hosting. Having a Windows system at home does
not mean you must have a Windows Hosting account. A unix account will
work just as well.
What is Shared/Virtual Hosting?
A. Shared Hosting refers to a hosting package where two or more
customers share the same server (computer). This is the least expensive
way to get a real web site.
What is PHP?
A. PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting
language.
PHP is a tool that lets you create dynamic Web pages. The web pages with
PHP enabled are treated much like regular html pages.
In an HTML document, PHP script (similar syntax to that of Perl or C) is
enclosed within special PHP tags. As PHP is embedded within tags, it
does not have to rely on heavy amounts of code to output HTML. Also, PHP
code cannot be viewed by the client as the script is executed on the
server.
PHP can perform any task any CGI program can, but its strength lies in
its ease of use. PHP can talk across networks using IMAP, SNMP, NNTP,
POP3, or HTTP.
What is Perl?
A. Perl is a programming language that was created to primarily process
text. It is widely used as a rapid prototyping language that makes it
possible for different systems to work well together.
It is also the most popular language used for the Custom Gateway
Interface. With this support, you are able to use various Perl scripts
that will allow you to open your store, chat room, newsgroup,
classifieds, etc. There are countless numbers of pre-made scripts that
can be found on the Internet.
Perl's roots are in UNIX. Because Perl is an interpreted language, Perl
programs are highly portable across systems.
What is MYSQL?
A. MySQL is a powerful and most popular database program that runs on
the Linux operation system. It is able to handle million of entries all
at once.
Its flexibility and speed allow you to also store logs and pictures.
MySQL is designed to scale well under heavy traffic conditions and is
ideal for database-intensive or e-commerce-enabled Web sites.
You can use MySQL with PHP and/or Perl. MySQL and PHP have become the
dynamic duo of Open Source, data-driven Website creation.
How can I edit a mySQL database table without creating an application?
A. Cpanel allows you to use phpMyAdmin to edit mySQL tables through the
use of SQL query language.
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