ASCII
- Plain Text - A type of file transfer used on text-based
files, such as scripts, html documents, or other text-based
items used on the web.
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Binary - A type of
file transfer used on images, such as gif, jpg, or png, as
well as "grouped" or archived files, such as tar
or exe, and compressed files such as zip & gz.
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CGI - Common Gateway Interface-
A common misconception is that CGI is a language. This
is not true. A CGI is a server process, many different languages
can be run as a CGI process including Perl and PHP.
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CHMOD - Change mode - The
Unix command and system call to change the access permissions
of a named file.
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FTP - File Transfer Protocol
- The transfer files between local & remote systems,
such as webpages, images, compressed files, sounds, and other
website related items.
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tar - Tape Archives - based
on the tape back-up devices used by early Unix platforms.
A useful way to transport many files without compression while
retaining the original file names, data and permission settings.
One .tar file could contain tens, hundreds or even thousands
of files. These files are always uploaded in binary.
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