900 Number |
Some sites allow you to join and pay by calling a 900 number and having a one-time charge billed to your telephone. This usually applies in the United States. Once the transaction has been completed successfully, the telephone system will provide you with a password. |
Affiliate |
An entity that associates itself with a larger site or company for the purposes of mutual benefit. The affiliate is usually paid in some way for sending traffic to the affiliate site. |
AEN |
Adult Entertainment Network is a network of affiliated sites with a common purpose, i.e. they all accept the same brand of passsword. The individual sites or galleries may be owned and operated indiviudually, but they all share a common purpose. |
AVS |
Age Verification System was a concept that appeared when porn first started surfacing on the Net. The general train of thought is that credit card = adult. But few AVS systems are actually verifiying age of consent, and children these days have access to their parents credit cards, so AVS in not always an appropriate deterrent for minors. Some countries, like Germany, have real and complicated AVS sign-up procedures. True AVS is starting to break some ground in the United States. AVS systems can be good sources of gay porn: you pay one price and get access to thousands of galleries put together by different webmasters. |
Broadcast Cam |
Private cam sites that have the ability to broadcast your video (via webcam) to the model. |
Cam Control |
Private cam sites that allow you to control the model's webcam remotely (pan, zoom, etc). |
Captures |
These pictures are not photographed with a camera, but they're gotten through picture or video capture software. The software "captures" a frame from the television screen or computer monitor. Quality can range from good to really bad. |
Clone |
A site where the member's area is identical. The front-end may be different or the same. |
Downloadable |
A site allows you to download videos or pictures to your hard drive. |
DRM |
Digtial Rights Management is technology that requires the user to have a licence to view the material. That licence can mean you can view the material a certain number of times or for a specific time period or on a specific computer. Each DRM licence will have its own terms. |
Exclusive Content |
Original pictures or video that were created for a specific site and can't be found anywhere else. |
Exit Console |
A window that is presented to a surfer when they leave a site. The console usually contains banners or picutres advertising other sites. |
e-zine |
A magazine delivered electronically, either by e-mail on on the Web. |
Frame Rate |
FPS or Frames Per Second is the delivery of rate of a cam site. 30 FPS is equivalent to television. |
Free |
In the world of gay porn, "free" means a lot of things, but "free" doesn't mean "forever." If you are asked for your credit card, you are paying for something. You may have been given free access to something and if you fail to cancel that access, you will be charged a regular (usually monthly) fee for access whether you use the service or not. |
Free Site |
A site where certain amounts of pictures are viewable without charge. |
Hi-Res |
High-resolution is defined as a combined width/height total of 1,800 pixels or more. |
Link List |
A site that provides surfers with links to other sites or galleries. |
Member's Area |
The area of a website that is accessible to members. |
MGP |
Movie Gallery Post (MGP) are sites that provide surfers with thumbnail links to movie or video clips. |
Niche |
A niche is a category. When talking about gay porn we try put everything into tidy categories to make things easier to find. Twinks, bears, muscle, Asian, Ebony, are all examples of a niche. |
Non-Recurring |
A one-time charge or fee for entry to a website. These do not automatically re-bill. |
Online Cheque |
Some sites will allow you to join by paying through your chequing account. |
Partner Program |
These are money-making programs offered by websites or companies to encourage webmasters to send them customers. |
Pay Site |
A commercial gay porn site that charges a fee for access to content. |
Pay Per View |
You pay for and watch content in the moment. Pay per view can mean you get to access to the content once or for a prolonged, but short period of time, i.e. two hours. Each PPV (Pay Per View) system will have their unique terms. |
Pop-Under |
A pop-up that opens beneath or behind your current open browser. |
Pop-Up Killer |
Software that stops windows from automatically opening. |
Pop-Ups |
A window that opens as a result of an action completed by a surfer. Some pop-ups will occured simple as a result of visiting a website, others will occur when something on a site is clicked, or when you exit. |
Spam |
Unsolicited e-mail. |
Streaming Video |
Video that can only be streamed or watched while online. You can't download it or save it. |
TGP |
Thumbnail Gallery Post (TGP) are sites that provide surfers with thumbnail links to lots of independent galleries. Galleries are submitted to TGPs by webmasters who want to showcase their content to surfers. |
Third Party Plug-in |
A plug-in is a video or picture product that a gay porn site leases from a third party. It allows the site to bring you more content without increasing their prodcution costs. Third party plug-ins can be both a good and bad thing. They're good in the sense that they provide you with more video content, however, because they're a leased product you will find the same products on dozens of sites. |
Traffic |
Surfers, consumers, buyers. |
Trial |
Sites often offer a low, try-us-out price for a limited period of time. A trial does not guarantee that you'll have access to all of the sites content, but you'll get a good look at it. |
Unzip |
Opening a file that has been compressed or zipped and gaining access to its contents. |
Webmaster |
A person who develops and operates a website. |
ZIP Files |
Any number of files that are compressed into one unit to make downloading faster. |
