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WHOIS : like many other terms related to domain name Whois is an English term which means "that is ..?". This term refers to the search for existence and / or information on a domain name or IP address. The search result is either the availability of the domain name sought is information on the domain name such as name and address of the holder, the administrative or technical contacts.

Resolution of IP or domain: Also called NSLOOKUP. On the Internet, nslookup is used to look in the database of names of the servers IP address to a machine name (like www.mygale.org). The reverse lookup is the reverse: get the name of the machine from its IP address.

PING : Program that sends a packet to an address and waits for a response. It can measure the quality (speed) in conjunction with a server. The result of the ping displays the number of packets sent, number of packages received and the time taken for the return. This time in milli-seconds which is the most important, especially for online games.

Traceroute : Software to visualize the path of IP packets during a dialogue between two remote computers.

IP Address: IP addresses, eg 195.20.224.113, which is used to locate a server on the Internet as opposed to the domain name is the alphabet a numerical address.

Domain Name : An Internet address in alphabetic form as opposed to the numerical address (IP address). Every computer connected to the Internet is identified by a number of four numbers separated by periods. Example: 214.37.100.65. This number is called numeric address called "IP address". Store an IP address is quite difficult and friendly. This is why domain names were created. It is easier to remember than 214.37.100.65 www.sedo.fr!

ISP : abbreviation for Internet Service Provider is a company whose services allow you to connect to the Internet.

Web hosting: a service that lets you upload HTML and other files on a web server. We distinguish the domain name of the hosting website. Both services are often linked. Accommodation can be compared to the location of one or more land to an owner. Hosting a website means that you pay to rent space on the disk servers.

HTML : is short for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is a programming language used to create web pages.

Http : this is the abbreviation for "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol", the most widespread protocol to communicate information in HTML format on the Internet. Examples of other protocols: mailto, news etc..

URL : a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a resource (eg file) on the Internet. Its format is a universal standard which has the following structure: http://www.exemple.fr/search/index.html - "Http://" is the name of the protocol used to transport network information. "http://" is usually accompanied by "www" (World Wide Web) but not essential. - "Exemple.fr" is the domain name. - "/ Search /" is the name of the directory. - "Index.html" is the name of the file.

Email Address Verification: To ensure the existence of an email address