Web Hosting :Dictionary Definition

Main Entry: Web Hosting

Part of Speech: n

Definition: A business providing hardware and services to store, maintain, and present Web sites and provide Internet connection to those sites

Usage: Computing

web hosting. (n.d.). Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6) . Retrieved March 03, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/web hosting

 

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Web Hosting is a service provided by an internet hosting service provider. A Web Hosting Company has servers that are connected to the internet. Space on a server is provided to a person or company that would like to make web sites or files available over the internet.

 

When Web Hosting is purchased a client then gains access to a server or portion of a server depending on what was paid for. In most cases the web hosting company retains control of the web hosting server and administrates user/client access to the server. There are several