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The following glossary defines common web hosting terms.
RAID
(Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks) - Type of disk, often used on servers, where several physical disks are combined into an array for better speed and fault tolerance.
Raw Logs
Another name for a server's log files, the line-by-line activity of a server, not the summaries of this activity.
Registrar
Some registries don't provide the ability for end users to register domains with them directly. They might require end users to purchase the domain through an internet provider that is acting as the registrar.
Reseller
Resellers are usually smaller companies that still try to build their customers base. They don't own the server with user accounts but can perform most administrative functions.
Reseller Hosting
Arrangement whereby a company selling hosting to consumers uses the datacenter and equipment of another company.
RFC
(Request For Comments) -- The name of the result and the process for creating a standard on the Internet. New standards are proposed and published on line, as a Request For Comments. The Internet Engineering Task Force is a consensus-building body that facilitates discussion, and eventually a new standard is established, but the reference number/name for the standard retains the acronym RFC, e.g. the official standard for e-mail is RFC 822.
Router
A special-purpose computer (or software package) that handles the connection between 2 or more networks. Routers spend all their time looking at the destination addresses of the packets passing through them and deciding which route to send them on.
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