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Personal web site hosting is typically free, advertisement-sponsored, or inexpensive. Business web site hosting often has a higher expense depending upon the size and type of the site. | Personal web site hosting is typically free, advertisement-sponsored, or inexpensive. Business web site hosting often has a higher expense depending upon the size and type of the site. | ||
| − | A complex site typically calls for [[database]] support and application development platforms (e.g. [[PHP]], [[Java]], [[Ruby on Rails]], [[ColdFusion]], or [[ASP.NET]]). These facilities allow customers to write or install scripts for applications like forums and content management. | + | A complex site typically calls for [[database]] support and application development platforms (e.g. [[PHP]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Ruby on Rails]], [[Adobe ColdFusion|ColdFusion]], or [[ASP.NET]]). These facilities allow customers to write or install scripts for applications like forums and content management. |
Also, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is typically used for e-commerce. | Also, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is typically used for e-commerce. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:57, 21 August 2016
A web hosting service (or simply web host) is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web.
Description
Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server owned or leased for use by clients, as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center.
Web hosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet for other servers located in their data center, called colocation, also known as Housing in Latin America or France.
The scope of web hosting services varies greatly. The most basic is web page and small-scale file hosting, where files can be uploaded via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or a Web interface.
Personal web site hosting is typically free, advertisement-sponsored, or inexpensive. Business web site hosting often has a higher expense depending upon the size and type of the site.
A complex site typically calls for database support and application development platforms (e.g. PHP, Java, Ruby on Rails, ColdFusion, or ASP.NET). These facilities allow customers to write or install scripts for applications like forums and content management.
Also, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is typically used for e-commerce.
The host may also provide an interface or control panel for managing the Web server and installing scripts, as well as other modules and service applications like e-mail.
Some hosts specialize in certain software or services (e.g. e-commerce), which are commonly used by larger companies that outsource network infrastructure.
Control panel
See cPanel.
External Links
- Web hosting service @ Wikipedia
