Web hosting knowledge, contrary to the popular belief, is very easy to acquire and understand. As a beginner. If you are a complete web hosting beginner, on. Web hosting: In very simple terms getting your website on the internet is called web hosting. Every website that you have ever seen, or will ever see is actually stored on a computer somewhere in the world. When you type the address of that website in your browser’s address bar, the website is fetched from that computer to yours. Just like that, your website will be placed on a computer somewhere too. That is known as web hosting.

Web host: The company/person who is the owner of the computer where you want your website to be stored or “hosted” is called the web host. It is the web host who offer you packages and take your money and give you hosting and their technical support. Types Of Web Hosting: There are two major types of web hosting. Shared hosting and Dedicated hosting. Shared Hosting: In Shared web hosting, your website is stored on a computer where there are other websites. Means you are sharing a web server with other people like you who have acquired shared hosting. Dedicated Hosting: In Dedicated web hosting, you acquire a full web server for your hosting needs. Which means only your website will be hosted on that computer and no one else’s.