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Web Hosting
Introduction
The World Wide Web is a huge collection of web sites,
all hosted on computers all over the world. The web server where
your web site's html files, graphics, etc. exist in is
known as the web hosting.
If we want to take part
in the internet as a business, information resource, directory, and
want to share data information and knowledge with many people and
groups on the internet. Affordable Web hosting permits us and
someone with a computer and internet connection to own a part of
cyber space. In our space we can upload our data, documents, and have our own post
office for accept mails. To get space in a personal web
hosting environment we have to accept all terms and conditions of
rented the space. This key in the shape of login name and password,
allow us to connect with the web hosting server and upload it for
access on the internet, login and password is also use for our mail
handling. Space of our site is measured in Mega bytes (MB) or Giga
bytes (GB). Mega bytes means 10, 24,000 characters and Giga bytes
mean 1,024 million characters. We can think that how many file,
documents or data we can have on our web site.
Components of Web
Hosting
Web Server
Web
server is a comparatively simple portion of software that accepts
requests over HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and delivers HTML
pages and images files.
FTP Server (File
Transfer Protocol)
FTP
Server means of which a web master can transfer file to server and
from the server.
Mail Server
The mail server comprises of two parts POP and SMTP. POP is where
email is received and SMTP is use to send and receive email
between server.
Database Server
Database server is used to get data from visitors of your site,
orders, feedback, discussions etc.
Web Browser
Many
web hosting companies provide a Control Panel to control your web
host account, which you use with your web browser like internet
explorer.
FTP Client
A much
uncomplicated part of software that consent to you to outlook the
server folders and files in your web host account.
Email Client
Most familiar email
clients are outlook express and web based customers like Hotmail.
Database
Administration Clients
The most famous databases used with web servers are Microsoft SQL,
and MySQL SQL server available only on windows and MySQL found on Linux and UNIX.
Types of Web page
Hosting
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Free Web Page Hosting Services
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Shared Web Hosting Service
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Reseller Web Hosting
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Virtual Dedicated Server
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Dedicated Hosting Server
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Colocation
Web hosting server
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Clustered Hosting |
