I was thinking to make a list of all nonus used in hosting industry. I could come up with some general hosting concepts, technical and operation concepts.
Here is a list of nouns commonly used in the “web hosting” industry, categorized for better understanding:
General Hosting Concepts:
- Hosting
- Web hosting
- Server
- Website
- Domain
- Account
- Plan
- Service
- Provider
- Client
- Customer
- User
- Data
- Content
- Files
- Storage
- Bandwidth
- Traffic
- Uptime
- Downtime
- Performance
- Speed
- Security
- Support
- Control panel
- Interface
- Configuration
- Migration
- Backup
- Restore
- Renewal
- Cancellation
Types of Hosting:
- Shared hosting
- VPS (Virtual Private Server)
- Dedicated server
- Cloud hosting
- Managed hosting
- Unmanaged hosting
- Reseller hosting
- WordPress hosting
- E-commerce hosting
Technical Components & Features:
- IP address
- DNS (Domain Name System)
- Nameserver
- SSL certificate
- Firewall
- Database
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol)
- PHP
- MySQL
- Apache
- Nginx
- Operating system
- Hardware
- Software
- Script
- Plugin
- Theme
- Application
- API (Application Programming Interface)
- CDN (Content Delivery Network)
Business & Operational Aspects:
- Price
- Cost
- Payment
- Billing
- Invoice
- Contract
- Agreement
- Terms of service
- Privacy policy
- Support ticket
- Documentation
- Knowledge base
- Review
- Rating
- Competition
- Market
- Industry
- Business
- Infrastructure
- Datacenter
- Location
This list is not exhaustive, but it covers many of the fundamental nouns you’ll encounter when discussing or working within the web hosting industry.
