Website Hosting, also known as Web Hosting and Webhosting, is the business of housing, serving, and maintaining files for one or more Web sites. A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to showcase their own website on the World Wide Web. Web hosting companies provide space on a server for file storage by their clients; as well as providing Internet connectivity.
The scope of hosting services varies widely. 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; such as a control panel. Single page hosting is generally sufficient for personal web pages; however, a complex site will require a more comprehensive package that provides database support and application development platforms (e.g. PHP, Java, Ruby on Rails, ColdFusion, and ASP.NET). These platforms allow clients to write or install scripts for applications like forums, content management, e-commerce and SSL.
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