VBOK #7 - Free web hosting, acronyms ______________________________________________________________________ TOC: 1. Free Web hosting - Where to get space to put your webpage up for FREE! 2. Acronyms - You've used them, but do you know what they mean? ______________________________________________________________________ 1. Free Web Hosting ------ I went out and spent a couple of hours getting all this FREE webpage info for VBOK. I attempted to get as much info and for it to be accurate as possible. None of them had a standardized list of services they provide, so I had to weed through it to get them and some were very lacking in the details. I apologize if some of the information is incorrect. Asterisks in front of the names denote a site who is currently not accepting new users, but is planning to very soon. In no particular order (except that I put Geocities on top, because I believe it to be the best deal going for new people trying to get into the web page stuff). Geocities - - 2MB (I think, but has options to add more) - Community type setup - e-mail account (POP and forward) - Allows CGI - Graphics/music library - FTP for page uploading - On-site HTML authoring - No commercial sites - No paid advertising ------ USA On-line - - They had no info available as to what services they provided without actually signing up for a page. ------ Tripod - - 2MB of webspace - e-mail forwarding - Allows CGI ------ *Phrantic - - 3MB of webspace - A community layout (like Geocities) - On-site HTML authoring - No commercial sites - No paid advertising ------ Neters - - Commercial sites authorized ------ NAZ - - 2MB of webspace - FTP for page upload - No paid advertising - Pay commercial sites ------ Howdy Neighbor - - 2MB of webspace - FTP for page upload - No commercial sites - No paid advertising ------ *CyberCity - - 5MB of webspace - Allows CGI w/Server Side Includes (SSI) - CGI library ------ Express Page - - Allows CGI (Only from their library) - Must use graphics/music from their library - On-site HTML authoring - Allows commercial sites - No paid advertising ------ BIP - - 3MB of webspace - Allows limited CGI - FTP for page upload - On-site HTML authoring - No commercial sites (except non-profit, and educational) - No paid advertising ------ AngelFire - - 200K of webspace - Allows CGI - FTP for page upload - On-site HTML authoring - Allows commercial sites - No paid advertising ------ Ostrich - - 150K of webspace ______________________________________________________________________ 2. Acronyms ------ You've probably used some of these acronyms and never even knew what they stood for. So here is a list of the most common ones: ------ Acronyms for protocols ACAP - Application Configuration Access Protocol CGI - Common Gateway Interface DNS - Domain Name Service FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions FTP - File Transfer Protocol GIF - Graphical Interchange Format HTML - HyperText Markup Language HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol InterNIC - Internet Network Information Center IP - Internet Protocol IRC - Internet Relay Chat ISP - Internet Service Provider JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol MAPI - Messaging Application Programming Interface MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension NNTP - Network News Transfer Protocol PING - Packet Internet Groper POP3 - Post Office Protocol (version 3) PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol SLIP - Serial Line Internet Protocol SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SSL - Secure Sockets Layer TAPI - Telephony Application Programming Interface TCP/IP - Transmission (Transport) Control Protocol/Internet Protocol URL - Uniform Resource Locator VRML - Virtual Reality Modeling Language WWW - World-Wide Web WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get ------ Acronyms for e-mail/Newsgroups/Chat AFAIK - As far as I know AWHFY - Are We Having Fun Yet BTW - By The Way FWIW - For What It's Worth GOK - God Only Knows HHOK - Ha Ha Only Kidding HHOS - Ha Ha Only Serious IANAL - I Am Not A Lawyer IMHO - In My Humble Opinion LOL - Laughing Out Loud OTOH - On The Other Hand PITA - Pain In The (Rear) ROFL - Rolling On Floor, Laughing RTFM - Read The F___ing Manual TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch TIA - Thanks In Advance Well, that concludes this issue. Have fun. Leif Gregory Copyright (c) 1998 by Leif Gregory. All rights reserved. You may share this copy of the VBOK newsletter with others as long as it is reprinted/resent in it's entirety to include this copyright notice. If you've received this edition of the VBOK newsletter from a friend or colleague and wish to start receiving your own copies, then click the below link and send the generated e-mail message. Virtual Book Of Knowledge (VBOK) VBOK Editor VBOK Homepage Unsubscribe Back-Edition Titles