Hosting is also known as website hosting or web hosting. Hosting allows you to upload your files over the internet. This type of online service allows a web-browser client to access your web applications easily. A computer system that serves web hosting services to you is known as Web server. While taking a web hosting service, this is the responsibility of the web host to make sure the client’s website is up and running. The web host also prevents security breaches and stores all your files, databases onto the server. Whenever a client wants to view your website, all they have to do is type the website url in their search engine. The client computer will then connect to the server and web pages will be displayed on the screen.
Basically, web hosting provides a space on a special computer called web server, to place documents and files such as html pages, graphics, and other multimedia files and much more.
Different types of Hosting are:
- Shared Hosting
- VPS Hosting
- Dedicated Hosting
- Cloud Hosting
Comparison of different types of Hosting:
| Properties | Shared Hosting | VPS Hosting | Dedicated Hosting |
| Reliability | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH |
| SPEED | FAIR | MEDIUM | HIGH |
| FLEXIBILITY | NO | GOOD | VERY FLEXIBLE |
| ROOT ACCESS | YES | NO | NO |
| SECURITY | LOW | HIGHER | MOST SECURE |
| IP ADDRESS | SHARED | SHARED | Dedicated |
| RESOURCES | SHARED LOW | FIXED-HIGHER | HUGE |
| DIFFICULTY | EASY | DIFFICULT | MOST DIFFICULT |
| COST | LOW | HIGHER | VERY HIGH |