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Article : Visual Appeal in Website Design
Many of us browse the World Wide
Web regularly and wonder how we can stake a claim on
the internet, like many of others have done already,
then web hosting is one term which can satiate your
need. In this vast array of information, Internet is
one word which can cater to all kind of genre as per
their taste. And, by web hosting one can own a
portion of the web. But, web hosting is not just
getting a portion of the web, but also involves
different other services. This article will give you
an insight of the terms web hosting and web
development.
www.
World Wide Web or the www written before every web
address is the web of computers connected through a
HTTP protocol. This network connects millions of
computers all over the world through this single
protocol. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is a
language through which the documents are
transferred. HTTP is not a synonym to Internet,
because it is a network of networks, where computers
communicate with protocols other than HTTP. Web page
is what you see on your Internet browser. These web
pages have to come from a certain host and this is
the area which talks about web hosting.
Web Hosting
Web pages are your source of information, whatever
you see in your web pages has come from a web
browser. All these web pages are stored in computers
called web servers. A web hosting service is a kind
of Internet hosting service that allows the
individual or company to hold a stake of the
internet and provide own websites accessible via the
World Wide Web. Web hosting gives the freedom of
having own website services but it's restricted
because of the space. One needs to have appropriate
hardware and software to host web pages. Specific
companies provide web hosting capabilities on their
web servers. Moreover, one needs to register a
domain name that exclusively identifies the website.
Web hosts can also provide data centre space and
connectivity to the internet.
Which Web Hosting is for you?
Web hosting is provided as per the need of the
holder. It is basically divided into following
categories:
Free Web Hosting: it is done by large website
companies, which provide limited space for free.
This kind of hosting is limited when compared to
paid hosting.
Shared Web Hosting: This is the most economical
hosting service where many people share the total
cost of maintenance services.
Reseller Web Hosting: This service allows the client
to host websites. This needs an affiliation with the
provider.
Virtual Dedicated Server: This is dividing a server
into virtual servers. Every user thinks he got a
dedicated server but in real they all share a
particular server.
Dedicated Hosting: In this the user gets own web
server and has full control over the server.
Collocation Web Hosting: This is similar to
dedicated hosting but in Collocation, the hosting
company provides physical space. This is the most
powerful and costly web hosting service.
Clustered Hosting: In this service multiple servers
host the same content for resource utilization.
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