JoeTownley
03-29-2002, 04:21 PM
Anyone know where I can find a glossary to understand all these acronyms and terms: FTP, SQL DB's, CGI-BIN, PHP, SSI, SSH, at infinitum?? They are driving me crazy!!
 | View Full Version : Need Glossary Chicken 03-29-2002, 05:23 PM This is pretty decent for internet/computer jargon: http://pcwebopedia.com/ mdrussell 03-29-2002, 05:33 PM Originally posted by JoeTownley Anyone know where I can find a glossary to understand all these acronyms and terms: FTP, SQL DB's, CGI-BIN, PHP, SSI, SSH, at infinitum?? They are driving me crazy!! FTP = File Transfer Protocol. Basically, this is a way of transferring your files to a remote machine. I SQL DB's = Structured Query Langauge databases. Not entirely sure how to describe this, basically a way of storing database information accessible through different ways. CGI-BIN = Common Gateway Interface bin, basically a directory to store all your CGI scripts. PHP = A commonly used web-based scripting language to write scripts of varying complexities, that can do many different things. SSI = Server Sides Include. A way to display text from another source on a webpage. The text will be automatically updated as it is changed at the source. SSH = Secure Shell. A medium to remotely controlling your server securely. Hope this helps, Matt IceBlaZe 03-29-2002, 05:46 PM no one heard about babylon ? Brilliant Israeli start-up (surprise here) that translates about everything with a click of a mouse. german, dutch, french, italian, english, computer language, australian slang, even NYSE companies. you can get it at www.babylon.com I suggest you buy it, its a really good software IceBlaZe 03-29-2002, 05:48 PM Originally posted by voxtreme-matt CGI-BIN = Common Gateway Interface bin, basically a directory to store all your CGI scripts. PHP = A commonly used web-based scripting language to write scripts of varying complexities, that can do many different things. Matt PHP - Personal Home Page CGI-BIN Common Gateway Interface Binary Lats 03-29-2002, 06:22 PM It could also stand for Pretty Hairy Pimples. However in this context, it's a programming language and as quoted from www.php.net it's a recursive acronym PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Lats... JoeTownley 03-30-2002, 01:05 PM My sincere and hearty thanks to all who contributed. mindboggle 03-30-2002, 01:20 PM PHP: PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (server-side scripting language) |