What is Hosting? (Web Hosting)
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Hosting (also known as web hosting, web hosting, and Webhosting) is the business of hosting service and maintaining files for one or more sites. More important than the space provided for Web site files is the fast Internet access. Most hosting services offer connections of the lines of T transport system. Generally, an individual business hosting its own site that requires a similar connection and it would be very expensive. Using a hosting service lets many companies share the cost of a fast Internet connection for serving files.
A number of Internet access providers like America Online, offer subscribers free space for a small site that is hosted on one of their computers. Geocities is a site that offers registered visitors similar free space for a site. Although these services are free, are also very basic. |
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A number of hosting companies describe their services as virtual hosting. Virtual hosting usually implies that their services will be transparent and that each site has its own domain name and a set of e-mail. In most usages, hosting and virtual hosting are synonyms. Some hosting companies let you have your own virtual server, the appearance that you are controlling a server completely dedicated to your website. Dedicated hosting is the provision of a dedicated server machine that is dedicated to the traffic to your website. Only very busy sites require dedicated hosting. Many companies buy their own servers and place them on a site that offers fast Internet access. This practice is called placement. |
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