Webhosting

Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web.

The scopes of hosting services vary widely. The most basic is webpage and small-scale file hosting, where files can be uploaded via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or a Web interface. The files are usually delivered to the Web "as is" or with little processing. Many Internet service providers (ISPs) offer this service for free to their subscribers. People can also obtain Web page hosting from other, alternative service providers.

There are some types of webhosting :

• Free webhosting services
  This kind of webhosting is limited and sometimes advertisement supported and of course it's free.
• Shared webhosting service
  One server become hosting of many sites, all domains may share a common pool of server resources, such as RAM and the CPU.
• Reseller webhosting services
  Clients of webhosting become webhosting for their customers. Usually costumers are individual domains.
• Virtual dedicated server
  A server divided into some virtual servers so that each user feels like they use their own server.
• Dedicated hosting services
  Users have full control of servers without having servers.
• Colocation webhosting services
  Users have full control of their own servers.
• Clustered hosting
  Some servers host the same content websites for resources purpose.

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