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Web
Hosting Glossary - L
LAN
(Local Area Network) A computer network limited to the immediate
area, usually the same building or floor of a building.
Leased
Line
Refers to a phone line that is rented for exclusive 24-hour, 7 -days-a-week
use from your location to another location. The highest speed data
connections require a leased line.
Listserv
The most common kind of maillist , "Listserv" is a registered
trademark of L-Soft international, Inc. Listservs originated on
BITNET but they are now common on the Internet .
Login
The account name used to gain access to a computer system or the
act of entering into a computer system.
Link
The text or graphic used in an HTML document to jump from one document
to another. Typically underlined.
Linux
Developed by Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki (Finland),
is a UNIX-like operating system. It provides computer users a free
or very low-cost operating system comparable to traditional and
usually more expensive UNIX systems.
Log File
A file that lists actions that occurred. For example, web servers
maintain log files listing every request made to the server. With
log file analysis tools like WebTrends, it"s possible to get
a good idea of where visitors are coming from, how often they return,
and how they navigate through a site. Using cookies enables Webmasters
to gather even more detailed information about how individual users
are navigating through a site.
Line
provisioning
It
is the process of configuring the ISDN line by the service provider
to suit user's particular needs and to assure hardware compatibility.
It's due to the fact that ISDN is not completely standardized.
Lossless
A
compression scheme is loseless when decompressed file is exactly
the same as the original. This is needed for compressing executable
programs and data files.
Lossy
A
lossy compression allows for the quality of the compressed data
to be diminished after decompression. It is suitable for audio,
video and image compression.
LZW
compression
Lempel
Ziv Welch compression - a popular compression algorithm.
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