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Items Included in all Packages Subdomains - A domain that is part of a larger domain name in DNS hierarchy. DNS hierarchy consists of the root-level domain at the top, underneath which are the top-level domains, followed by second-level domains and finally subdomains. For example, in the domain name test.gwizhost.com, "test" is a subdomain of the larger second-level domain "gwizhost.com." Email Accounts - The individual email addresses that you can create for your website. example: test@gwizhost.com is one email account. mySQL Databases - A high-performance open source database provided for your use to store information pertaining to your website. MySQL is the world's most popular open source database software, with over 100 million copies of its software downloaded or distributed throughout its history. With superior speed, reliability, and ease of use, MySQL has become the preferred choice of corporate IT Managers because it eliminates the major problems associated with downtime, maintenance, administration and support. One use for a mySql database would be for an online shopping site. Perl - Practical Extraction and Reporting Language is an open source server side programming language extensively used for web scripts and to process data passed via the Common Gateway Interface from HTML forms etc. Perl scripts are not embedded within HTML pages and do not download to the web browser but reside on the server. PHP - The PHP Hypertext Preprocessor is a programming language that allows web developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases. PHP is basically used for developing web based software applications. SSI - Server side includes. A type of HTML comment that directs the Web server to dynamically generate data for the Web page upon request. The command takes th form <!--#include virtual="/path/to/file"-->. For example, a common use for SSI commands is to insert the date or last modified date on a file. Ruby on Rails - Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework written in Ruby that closely follows the Model View Controller (MVC) architecture. It strives for simplicity, allowing real-world applications to be developed in less code than other frameworks and with a minimum of configuration. FTP Access - File Transfer Protocol. This is the language used for file transfer from computer to computer across the World Wide Web. SSL - The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a commonly-used protocol for managing the security of a message transmission over the Internet. SSH - Developed by SSH Communications Security Ltd., "Secure Shell" is a program to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels. Webmail - The Webmail extension integrates web site based email accounts in to Mozllia Thunderbird, this allows Thunderbird to download and to send emails using the web site. AWStats & Webalizer Stats - Web site statistics that allow you to monitor and track the users visiting your pages. phpMyAdmin - is a popular, powerful web-based interface for administering MySQL databases. It is open source, written in PHP, and is among the better tools available for working with MySQL databases. Spam Filters - a program that is used to detect unsolicited and unwanted email and prevent those messages from getting to a user's inbox. SpamAssassin - is a computer program released freely under the Apache License 2.0 used for e-mail spam filtering based on content-matching rules, which also supports DNS-based, checksum-based and statistical filtering, supported by external programs and online databases. FrontPage Extensions - A series of scripts that can be employed by FrontPage users to add dynamic functions to a Web site.