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Topic: IT: Web Hosting 2

Deigned to help you practice vocabulary relating to web hosting. Although this quiz is meant for ESL students, it'll be useful to anyone who wants to practice this specialized vocabulary.

Choose the best response to complete each of the sentences below.

1. Our business has __________________________ shared hosting. = Our business has become too big for shared hosting.
  outlasted
  outgrown
  outplayed

2. VPS __________________________ for "virtual private server".
  stays
  stops
  stands

3. Does this plan provide root level __________________________ (complete control over the server settings)?
  accent
  access
  accessories

4. VPS (virtual private server) hosting is a __________________________ between shared hosting and dedicated hosting.
  compromise
  comfort
  control

5. Tell me about some of the __________________________ of this plan ( = what this plan offers).
  features
  facets
  factors

6. This plan offers free daily __________________________ ( = backing up of data).
  backlogs
  back-rubs
  backups

7. A stripped-__________________________ server = A server that has only essential or minimal features
  down
  up
  away

8. We offer a 99.9% __________________________ guarantee (we guarantee that the server will be working 99.9% of the time).
  uptime
  downtime
  transfer time

9. In hosting terms, a server is sometimes colloquially referred to as a __________________________.
  carton
  box
  package

10. We have to run a test on this server's __________________________ speed.
  processed
  process
  processing

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VOCABULARY REVIEW: Web hosting

Need to review common terms relating to (and used in) web hosting? We've got you covered!

Bandwidth
Definition:
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transferred between a website and its users over a specific period.
Example:
A video-heavy website needs high bandwidth to avoid slow loading times.

Uptime
Definition:
Uptime refers to the percentage of time a server is online and available.
Example:
A hosting provider promises 99.9% uptime, meaning the site should almost always be accessible.

SSL certificate
Definition:
An SSL certificate encrypts data sent between a user's browser and a website, improving security.
Example:
Websites with SSL show a padlock icon and use “https” instead of “http”.

Control panel
Definition:
A control panel is a web-based interface that allows users to manage hosting settings without technical commands.
Example:
Using cPanel, a user can create email accounts and install WordPress easily.

Scalability
Definition:
Scalability is a hosting system's ability to increase or decrease resources as website traffic changes.
Example:
An online store uses scalable hosting to handle traffic spikes during holiday sales.

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