webhosting

Site storage service

Webhosting is the service of storing and serving website files on internet-connected servers, making sites accessible to visitors.

Companies or individuals pay webhosting providers to maintain their sites without running their own hardware: We switched webhosting providers after too much downtime.

Also spelled as two words: web hosting.

infrastructure

datacenter

Facility housing networked computers

uptime · CPU · cooling · virtualization · redundancy · scalability · colocation · dedicated · managed · unmanaged

domain

registration

Formal recording of participation

  • TLDWebsite address ending
  • DNSInternet naming protocol
  • ICANNDomain name system coordinator

registrar · renewal · transfer · subdomain · parking · privacy · expiration · nameserver · propagation

software

WordPress

Website-building software platform

  • CMSWeb publishing platform
  • PHPWeb development scripting language
  • MySQLRelational database management system

SSL · FTP · SSH · Apache · webmail

storage

SSD

Chip-based storage device

  • HDDMagnetic platter storage device
  • capacityMaximum amount containable
  • terabyteTrillion-byte measure

gigabyte · backup · RAID · filesystem · quota · archive · snapshot · replication

support

ticket

Entry permit slip

security

firewall

Network access control system

HTTPS · vulnerability

plans

premium

Added cost for better

upgrade · downgrade · contract

Opposites
storage location

webhostingself-hosting

Running services yourself

localhost · offline storage · on-prem · home server · private network

content accessibility

webhostingoffline

Not internet-connected

taking down · going dark · unpublishing · delisting

Family

web, host, webs, webbed, webbing, hosts, hosted, hosting, hostess

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Top 500,000
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