Beginner's Guide To Get A Better Understanding Of Web Hosting by Jesisca Tanuwidjaja

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Beginner's Guide To Get A Better Understanding Of Web Hosting
by Jesisca Tanuwidjaja

What Is Web Hosting
Web Hosting is an internet service or online based service that allows organizations and individuals to post their website or web content on the internet. It is often provided as part of a general internet access plan.

In other words, it is a service of providing space for the storage of information, images, files and other content onto servers which can be accessed by others through the World Wide Web sites.

This service is usually provided by a company or an institution called Internet Service Provider (ISP) or Hosting Service Provider (HSP) where they station their physical servers in a temperature controlled surroundings and permanently connected to the internet by using available data lines.

Besides providing storage space, these companies or institutions also extends their services to installation, 24/7 maintenance and repair of the internet connection.

Types Of Basic Web Hosting :
1. Shared or Virtual Web Hosting
This type of web hosting service is the most commonly used by the internet user where your domain name is registered onto one server. This server is shared in terms of resources (ie. CPU time, Operating System, RAM, applications, bandwidth) by other clients of your ISP or HSP.

Advantages
The lowest cost for registration of your domain name since your ISP or HSP host numbers of client onto one server, they are able to reduce the cost of maintaining the server and pass the saving to you.

Suitable for small and medium websites with average traffic. Please check with your ISP or HSP terms of service for the definition of

Author's Biography:

Own : http://www.squidoo.com/web-hosting-1 and http://www.ewebhostinginfo.com

Posted on: February 7,2008

Email: jes2211@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ewebhostinginfo.com