What’s a Web Hosting?

In Web Hosting | on June 17, 2009

What’s a Web Hosting?

Web hosting is the process of storing a website on a web server to it accessible on the Internet. This service is usually provided by your ISP or a specialist hosting company. It requires a permanent Internet connection and Web server.

Of course, there are many companies offering free web hosting service but these providers requires your website to support other businesses advertising banners, pop-ups, etc. As for those fully paid web hosting, they will hand over full site management control to you. This means that you can do whatever you wish to your site contents.

What’s a Web Server?

Web Server Usually refers to the computer that runs software that is able to deliver HTML and other files in response to requests from Web Browsers over the Internet or other network. A Web server computer (unless it is running an intranet) must have a permanent Internet connection and is usually located at an ISP. The term also refers (more accurately) to the Web server software itself, examples of which are Apache and Microsoft IIS.

What’s a Server?

A computer or device on a network that manages network resources. For example, a file server is a computer and storage device dedicated to storing files. Any user on the network can store files on the server. A print server is a computer that manages one or more printers, and a network server is a computer that manages Network Traffic. A database server is a computer system that processes database queries.