Glossary Terms

A copy of your website's files, directories, and databases. Keeping a current backup of your website either remotely or on your personal computer is highly recommended.

The amount of data transferred to and from a server. Every time a visitor views a file (whether it's a web page, image, video, or audio file), that file is transferred to the visitor's computer. Bandwidth is the total size of all these files transferred to visitors' computers. Using too much bandwidth can affect the performance of the server.

A limit imposed on the amount of data an account is allowed to transfer per month.

An email reply informing a sender that there was a problem delivering an email.

A type of attack wherein the attacker enters a large number of combinations of characters, in an attempt to decrypt a key. Similar to a Dictionary Attack.