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Hosting Terms
Gateway
A network device used to translate between two different protocols.
Used to interconnect two networks that use incompatible protocols.
Gb / Gigabyte
One Gigabyte is equivalent to 1 billion bytes. 1 Kb=1024 bytes,
1Mb=1024Kb, 1Gb=1024Mb.
Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet is the Ethernet standard implementation that
runs at 1000Mbps.
Geek
Traditionally, someone whose fascination for technology overwhelms
all other pursuits, with all the negative stereotypes this implies;
in short, a NERD.
Geocities
One of the best examples of community-building on a large scale on
the Internet. Geocities is home to thousands of individual websites,
organized by "neighborhoods" with names such as Hollywood and SoHo.
Get
This is the FTP command for "getting", or downloading files from the
server to the computer.
Ghost Site
A ghost site is a Web site that is no longer maintained but that
remains available for viewing.
GIF
(Graphics Interchange Format) A graphic file format invented by
Compuserve. One of the most widely used formats for internet and
web. Uses a lossless compression method, thus ensuring that the
quality of the image is not lowered.
Glue Record
A record in DNS to provide the IP address for a subdomain specified
as elf-responsible via a previous NS record.
Gopher
A protocol used to find information on the Internet. Search programs
such as Veronica consult Gopher Servers containing hierarchically
organized information stored in text files, which can be referenced
by subject.
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service is an enhancement of the GSM core
network that introduces packet data transmission.
Grand Central Station
Agent software, developed by IBM, which continuously searches data
sources for specified information that can be delivered to a PC or
PDA.
Group Alias
A mail alias for a group of people; a mailing list. It consists of
the group alias or mailing list, a request alias for submission and
resignation requests, and an owner alias for problems.
Groupware
Software that helps people work together more productively and share
knowledge more efficiently.
GSM / Global System for Mobile communications
A standard for digital mobile telephones widely used in Europe. GSM
and its variants are rapidly being adopted elsewhere in the world,
especially in Asia and Australasia. It is used on the 900MHz and
1800Mhz frequencies in Europe, Asia and Australia, and the MHz 1900
frequency in North America and Latin America.
GTLD / Generic Top-Level Domain
A gTLD is the top-level domain name of an Internet address that
identifies it generically as associated with some domain class, such
as .com, .net, .org, .gov (U.S. government agencies), .mil (for the
military), .edu and .int. For example, in the domain name,
www.Research-Hosting.co.uk, .com is the chosen gTLD. In addition to the gTLD,
there is the ccTLD (country code top-level domain name) that
identifies a specific national domicile for an address. (For
instance, .fr for France and .sg for Singapore.)
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
A way of interacting with the computer that relies on graphical
symbols. Most often requires a mouse. It is less powerful then the
command-line interface, but is more user friendly and is easier to
learn for users without technical background.
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