Internet Glossary
Unfamiliar or unclear about a term or concept related to Web hosting services or Domain registration? This glossary gives meaning to much of the commonly used vocabulary associated with Web Hosting and the Internet. Simply click on any alphabetical category to quickly find the word you're looking for.
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OASIS / Organization for Structured Information Standards
OASIS is a nonprofit, international consortium whose goal is to promote the adoption of product-independent standards for information formats such as Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).
Object-Oriented
Describes a popular approach to programming, in which computer programs are built from software objects that do particular jobs. Objects often have functions that resemble those in the real world.
OC-1
Optical Carrier transmission speeds, used in fiber optic networks conforming to SONET standard, higher levels are multiples of that speed, OC-1 is 51.85 Mbps
OC-3
155.52 Mbps
OC-12
622.08 Mbps
OC-24
1.244 Gbps
OC-48
2.488 Gbps, OC-48 connections are typically used by high speed ISPs and web hosts, and because they link directly to an internet backbone, are considered extremely reliable
OC-192
9.952 Gbps; CyberLogicHost's ultrafast fiberoptic connection, to deliver your content quickly and efficiently from Verizon™
OC-768
40 Gbps is currently being tested
ODBC / Open Database Connectivity
ODBC is an open standard application programming interface for accessing a database. By using ODBC statements in a program, you can access files in a number of different databases, including Access, dBase, DB2, Excel, and Text. ODBC is based on and closely aligned with The Open Group standard Structured Query Language (SQL) Call-Level Interface. It allows programs to use SQL requests that will access databases without having to know the proprietary interfaces to the databases.
ODP / Open Distributed Processing
ODP defines the standards that allow the benefits of distribution of information processing services to be obtained in an environment of heterogeneous IT resources and multiple organizational domains.
Offline
Generally regarded as being detached and not operating on the Internet.
OLE / Object Linking and Embedding
An object system created by Microsoft. OLE lets the author invoke different editor components to create a compound document.
On the fly
"On the fly" describes activities that develop or occur dynamically rather than as the result of something that is statically predefined. For example, the content of a page that is sent to you from a Web site can be developed (and varied) "on the fly" based on dynamic factors such as the time of day, what pages the user has looked at previously, and specific user input. The Web server calls an application program to produce the "on-the-fly" page that is to be returned. There are several techniques for "on-the-fly" page development, including the Server-side include, the use of cookie, and Active Server Page.
One-line text boxes
A labeled, single-line form field in which users can type text.
Online
Connect to the Internet or another electronic service such as a Bulletin Board. Its opposite, offline, denotes the lock of such a connection.
Online Auction
The latest and, to date, most profitable form of consumer-driven E-commerce.
Online Gaming
The playing of computer games across a network connection, usually in competition with other players.
Online Service
A company offering electronic access to a variety of services besides those available from Internet services providers (ISPS).
Online Stores
A database of your products and services that customers browse through the Web, select the items they want and purchase.
Open Profiling Standard
A system that gives website visitors more control over the information they provide about themselves.
Open Source
A concept describing the development and distribution of software. The open source movement revolves around the idea that software evolves faster and becomes more stable as more people work on it.
Opera
Opera is a browser made by a Norwegian software house and much admired for its small size and impressive speed. Rare accommodating in the modern software world.
Opt-in e-mail
Opt-in e-mail is a Web marketing term for promotional e-mail that recipients have previously requested by signing up at a Web site or special ad banner. Typically, Web users are invited to sign up for promotional information about one or more categories of products or services. The marketer sending opt-in e-mail may remind the recipient that they have previously indicated they were interested in receiving such e-mail and that this is not spam.
OS / Operating System
The operating system is the most important part of any computer or network. Its main role is as an interpreter between the hardware itself -- the processor, hard disks, video system, network cards, and so on -- and the applications that are running on the computer which need access to those resource, such as E-mail programs, spreadsheets and databases
OSI
Open System Interconnection). A network standard developed by ISO and CCITT. It describes the way in which protocols of different layers communicate. This enables machines of different vendors to communicate over the network
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