What Is Web Hosting?

A web hosting service can be defined as a type of service which is used by people and organizations allowing them to make their websites available to the users via the internet or the World Wide Web. It is basically a storage space for websites on the internet.

How It Works:

Web hosting services function by storing the websites uploaded to them on the computers that are very high powered and are called web servers. These servers are connected to a network having a very high speed.

When a person accesses your website via the internet, the web hosting service where your website is stored is connected, and the files from your website are transferred to the computer of the person accessing your website thus enabling that person to view the contents of your website.

Types of Web Hosting Services:

There are two types of web hosting services:

Smaller hosting services

These are restricted to small files hosting and include:

• The webpage is hosting services: they are usually free.
• Small files hosting services: these are limited to files which can be uploaded with a minimal amount of processing via FTP (file transfer protocol)
• Web hosting services: these are free and are limited in regards to their services.
• A single page is hosting services: these services are generally used for hosting personal web pages.

Larger hosting services

These types of hosting services are bought as compared to the free small hosting services. They are used by businesses and other organizations that require a big website to detail their services. In today’s fast paced digital world, with the advent of technology, many different types of hosting services have been started. A few of these are described as below:

• Shared web hosting service:

In this type of service, the website is stored on a server which is also being used by other websites which vary in their numbers. Usually, this type of service offers very basic features.

• Dedicated hosting services:

In this type of service, the user is given the full control of the server which stores the users’ website. However, this control does not mean that the server is now the property of the user, but it is true that the user is in charge of the security and modification of that server.

• Reseller web hosting services:

This is the type service in which clients are provided with the opportunity of becoming hosts i.e. they can own the servers.

• Managed hosting services:

This type of service is similar to the dedicated hosting service with the one difference that the full control of the server is not given to the client. They have full access to their content which they can modify but no access to the configuration or security of the server

• Cloud hosting:

It is one of the most reliable hosting services in-vogue today.

The above-mentioned services are only some of the type of web hosting services which are available nowadays.

How to Obtain It:

Web hosting services can be bought from internet service providers. Although you usually require a domain name to register with a web hosting service.