What Is A Web Host ?
Web host is a service provider that places your web site on a
computer which is connected to the internet. This then gives people
who surf the internet a way to access your website. The computer
that the web hosting company uses is typically just like the computer
you have at home, the only difference being that it is set up
to serve up web sites and is therefore called a "server".
A web host will typically have a fast connection to the Internet
and they may host thousands of web sites on many servers. The
web host essentially rents out space to you so that you can get
your website up on the world wide web.
Some large web hosts own their own datacenter (collection of
servers), some rent a server from a larger web hosting company
and then resell the space under their own company name. In this
case the web host will manage your account on the server, but
they will be renting the actual web space from another much larger
company.
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