Web hosting (also known as Web site hosting, website and Webhosting), is the business of housing, serving, and maintaining files for a number of internet sites. More significant than the computer space that is provided for internet site files is the fast connection to the Internet. Most hosting services offer connections on T-carrier system lines. Typically, an individual business hosting its own site would require a similar connection and it would be pricey. Employing a web hosting service lets many corporations share the cost of a fast Net connection for serving files.
A number of Net access providers, such as America Online, offer customers free space for a small Web site site that is hosted by one of their PCs. Geocities is a site site that offers registered visitors similar free space for a Web site. While site. Whilst these services are free, they are extraordinarily basic.
A number of website hosting companies describe their services as virtual hosting. Virtual hosting sometimes implies that their services will be transparent and that each internet site will have its own domain name and set of e-mail addresses. In most usages, 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 entirely to your site.
Dedicated hosting is the supply of a dedicated server machine that is dedicated to the traffic to your Web site. Only really busy sites need dedicated hosting. Many firms 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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