Web hosting is the storage service for content that is accessible over the Internet.
Web hosting is the storage service for data that is accessible via the Internet . It involves hosting texts, photographs, videos and other types of documents on a server.
It should be noted that accommodation is the act and result of lodging or lodging (to shelter, to shelter). Web , for its part, is the name used to name the international computer network that allows access to certain information through the Internet .
What is web hosting
It should be taken into account that a server is an application that can respond to requests made by a user (client). By extension, the computer that has this application capable of responding to clients is known as a server.
Web hosting, in this way, involves the storage of information on a server, which “responds” to the requests made by Internet users by displaying the data in question.
An example
Leaving aside technical issues and simplifying the concept, web hosting (also called web hosting or simply hosting ) can be understood as the space where websites and emails are stored.
Suppose that a company that sells sports shoes wants to have a website on the Internet. Once you have the site designed, you must hire the web hosting service to upload it to the network and to ensure, through an Internet address or domain, that people can access the content.
Web hosting consists of storing documents on servers.
Types of web hosting
There are web hosting services that are free , although they offer limited benefits (in terms of the space to store the information or the data traffic they allow) and they also display advertising on their clients' pages. For professional websites, specialists recommend paying for web hosting and getting a more complete service.
One of the most common practices is to start with a free hosting service while the site is in the development stage, and only move to a paid one when the process is complete. It is worth mentioning that this does not affect the purchase of the domain at all, that is, the name or address of the site: one can purchase it and use it to access several servers throughout the duration of the contract.
On the other hand, moving from one server to another is not instantaneous or easy, although Internet professionals carry out this task quite frequently. Unexpected problems can always occur, both on the part of the equipment and the software and the information, and then incompatibility may appear between certain features of both servers, but none of this is stronger than the advantages that it can offer if the new service is more complete and promising.
Other issues to consider
Choosing a good web hosting service is, therefore, a fundamental point when developing a site, since its performance and success will also depend on its characteristics. One of the fundamental points today is compatibility with Content Management Systems ( CMS ), a group that includes Joomla , Drupal and WordPress , among others.
Unlike what happened in the 90s, a time in which programmers approached the development of pages from the beginning, today it is very common to rely on one of these powerful sets of scripts , since they save us time that we can take advantage of it in other aspects, such as graphic design and commercial promotion.
Another concept to take into account is uptime , an English term that refers to the proportion of time that the site remains online. It is normal for companies to offer an uptime of 99%, since it is practically impossible for the service to be interrupted once in a while.