What is Web Hosting?
Web hosting ( sometimes called internet site hosting, website and Webhosting), is the business of housing, serving, and maintaining files for a number of internet sites. More important than the computer space that is provided for Web site files is the fast connection to the Net. Most hosting services offer connections on T-carrier system lines. Usually , an individual business hosting its own site will require a similar connection and it would be pricey. Employing a web hosting service lets many corporations share the price of a fast Internet connection for serving files.
A number of Internet access providers, such as America Online, offer subscribers free space for a small site site that is hosted by one of their PCs. Geocities is a Web site site that offers registered visitors similar free space for a Web site. While these services are free, they are also very basic.
A number of website hosting companies describe their services as virtual hosting. Virtual hosting often implies that their services will be transparent and that each Web site will have its own domain name and set of e-mail addresses. In most uses, hosting and virtual hosting are synonyms. Some hosting firms let you have your own virtual server, the appearance that you are controlling a server that is dedicated wholly to your site.
Dedicated hosting is the supply of a dedicated server machine that is devoted to the traffic to your site. Only very busy sites need dedicated hosting. Many corporations purchase their own servers and place them on a site that provides fast access to the Internet. This practice is called colocation.
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