What Is A Web Host ?

A web host is a service provider they offer the service of placeing 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 24 hour a day 7 days a week and every day of the year.

A web host will typically have a fast connection to the Internet and they may host hundreds if not 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.

Many large web hosts own their own datacenter ( a collection of servers), some will rent a server from a larger web hosting provider 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.

There are literally thousands of web hosting companies available in the market for you to choose, all with different types of plans and at different prices. It can be hard to wade through all the options, especially if you are completely new to webmastering and web hosting you just want to get your website up on the web.

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