Supported Technologies - Definition of Features

250MB MYSQL Database Included

MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) that uses Structured Query Language (SQL), the most popular language for adding, accessing, and processing data in a database. MySQL is noted mainly for its speed, reliability, and flexibility.

250MB SQL Server Database Included

Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system produced by Microsoft. It supports a dialect of SQL, the most common database language. It is commonly used by governments and businesses for small to medium sized databases.

Microsoft Frontpage 2003

FrontPage is the name of the application that is available from Microsoft Corporation to provide users with a graphical interface for the creation of web pages. This type of program is commonly referred to as an "HTML editor" because its job is to generate HTML files based on the commands executed in the page layout interface available to the user.

Access Via SSH

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.

PHP 5

PHP is a server-side cross-platform HTML embedded scripting language that lets you create dynamic web pages. PHP-enabled web pages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages.

CGI BIN

This is a place on the server where the scripts for producing dynamic content on a web site are stored

FTP

Short for File Transfer Protocol, the protocol for exchanging files over the Internet. FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server. FTP enables you to upload your web pages to a Brinkster server via the internet.

GCC

GNU C Compile is A wide-spread C and C++ compiler. It translates C and C++ sources into machine-executable programs.

TCL

TCL is a scripting language that is generally thought to be easy to learn, but powerful in the right hands. It is most commonly used for rapid prototyping, scripted applications, GUIs and testing.

PERL

Short for Practical Extraction and Report Language, Perl is a programming language developed for processing text. Because of its strong text processing abilities, Perl has become one of the most popular languages for writing CGI scripts. Perl is an interpretive language, which makes it easy to build and test simple programs.

XML 4.0

Short for Extensible Markup Language, a specification developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. XML is a pared-down version of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language), designed especially for Web documents. It allows designers to create their own customized tags, enabling the definition, transmission, validation, and interpretation of data between applications and between organizations.

PERL Script Output Monitor

This tool is used to monitor the output of Perl code that is run.

PERL Syntax Checker

This tool is used to check the syntax of Perl code; it is useful in building and debugging web pages.

Free Shared SSL Support

Shared SSL allows the certificate to secure multiple hosts within the same domain. For example, a certificate for ' *.domain.com ', could be used for www.domain.com, www1.domain.com, www2.domain.com, in fact, any host in the domain.com domain.

SSI – Server Side Includes

Server side includes allow you to include a commonly used piece of code from one file to many different files in your web site. A common use for this is database connections.

WAP Enabled

WAP enabled simply means that Brinkster has done all that it needs to do to allow you to create WAP web pages.

Flash Enabled

Flash enabled simply means that Brinkster has done all that it needs to do to allow you to create web pages containing Macromedia Flash.

Online File Manager

The Brinkster Web Based File Manager is a tool that allows you to update the file on your web site from the Brinkster web site. To use this tool, simply log in to your account at Brinkster.com, click on File Manager from the Control Panel.