Glossary

A

A record — A DNS record that points a hostname to an IPv4 address.

AAAA record — A DNS record that points a hostname to an IPv6 address.

Apex domain — The root of a domain, such as example.ch, without a subdomain like www.

AuthCode — The authorization code used to transfer a domain between registrars. It may also be called an EPP code or transfer code.

C

CAA record — A DNS record that controls which certificate authorities can issue certificates for a domain.

CNAME record — A DNS record that aliases one hostname to another hostname.

Custom domain — A domain you connect to a YWT static site, such as example.ch or www.example.ch.

D

Deployment — A published snapshot of a static site's files. Deployments can be activated or viewed through a deployment preview URL.

Deployment preview — A public, noindex preview URL that serves one specific deployment version.

DNS — The Domain Name System, which maps human-readable hostnames to records such as IP addresses and mail servers.

DNSSEC — DNS Security Extensions. DNSSEC lets resolvers verify that DNS responses have not been tampered with.

DS record — A DNSSEC record stored at the parent zone, such as the .ch registry, to connect a domain to its DNSSEC signing key.

E

EPP — Extensible Provisioning Protocol. Registrars use EPP to communicate with registries for domain operations.

H

Hosting plan — A static hosting subscription tier such as Free, Starter, or Business.

N

Nameserver — A server that answers DNS queries for a domain. If your domain uses YWT nameservers, YWT's DNS manager controls the records.

R

Registrant — The legal owner of a domain registration.

Registrar — A company authorized to register domains with a registry. YWT acts as a registrar for supported .ch and .li registrations.

Registry — The organization that operates a top-level domain. SWITCH operates .ch and .li.

Renewal — Extending a domain registration or hosting subscription before it expires.

S

Site ID — The stable identifier and default subdomain chosen when a YWT static site is created.

Static hosting — Hosting for pre-built files such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, PDFs, JSON, XML, and text assets. Static hosting does not run server-side application code.

T

TLD — Top-level domain, such as .ch or .li.

TTL — Time to live. A DNS value that tells resolvers how long to cache a record before checking again.

U

URL forwarding — Redirecting a domain or subdomain to another URL.

W

WHOIS — A lookup system for domain registration information and lifecycle dates. Public WHOIS output is subject to registry and privacy rules.

Workspace — The editable file area for a YWT static site before files are published into a deployment.

Workspace preview — A token-protected preview of current workspace files before publishing. It is different from a permanent deployment preview.