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SSL certificate

Meaning in web development, with examples

nounCore term

In web development, SSL certificate means: A digital file installed on a server that proves the site's identity and lets the browser set up an encrypted HTTPS connection.

In Turkish: SSL sertifikası, TLS sertifikası

How it is used

Certificates are issued by certificate authorities, including the free Let's Encrypt, and they expire, so they must be renewed. An expired certificate causes a full-page browser warning, a common cause of sudden outages.

Example sentences

  1. Our SSL certificate expires next week. Is auto-renewal turned on?

  2. The hosting panel installs a free SSL certificate for every domain.

Common collocations

  • install an SSL certificate
  • renew a certificate
  • expired certificate
  • certificate authority
  • wildcard certificate
  • HTTPSThe secure version of HTTP, which encrypts the connection between the browser and the server with TLS so that others cannot read or change the data.
  • domain nameThe readable address of a website, such as example.com, which people type instead of a numeric IP address.
  • hostingA service that keeps a website's files and code on servers connected to the internet, so that people can visit the site at any time.
  • web serverSoftware, such as Nginx or Apache, that accepts HTTP requests and serves web pages and files; the term is also used for the machine that runs it.

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