There are many terms related to building and developing websites. Many of these terms can confuse clients and prospective clients that have no background knowledge of the process. So in no particular order here are some terms you should know. As someone needing a website built you should know who your audience is and what browsers you need to support. You should also be familiar with a term SEO , and hope that whomever is designing your site if familiar with it as well. As a business owner that may not have the means to keep a web development staff on hand it may be beneficial to read up on CMS systems so you don't have to keep paying someone to make small updates to your site. There are many other terms that would be helpful to learn about, but that is for another time.