Web Hosting Glossary – B Definitions


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Backbone

This referrs to the high-speed connections that makeup the bulk of the flow in a network of a web hosting company.В  Essentially the more and better the connections are of the backbone, the better the hosting will be for all the websites on the server using the backbone.

Bandwidth

In web hosting, bandwidth refers to the total data transfer of a given throughput usually calculated on a monthly basis.В  This definition is often used interchangeably with the term “data transfer“.

Browser

See Web Browser

Bookmark

Web browsers are able to record websites that you frequently visit in a organized fashion in a list of sites.В  This way you don’t have to constantly type in the web address but instead just click on the bookmark to go instantly to the page of choice.В  All web browsers have this feature and make surfing the Web more convenient.

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