Web hosting is one of those things that everyone has most likely heard about but few people have a good handle on the specifics of the process. So you need a web host to have your own web site or page right? But what does that mean?
Well let’s talk about it. First the basic idea of web hosting is that a web host is part of a system of computers that make the internet possible. What I mean is that these are large computers that have memory enough to contain the data on web pages for everyone to access at any point in time.
If web pages were supported by the owner’s own computer the internet would clearly not be nearly as accessible or as fast. Personal computers just do not have the processors to handle the enormous amounts of traffic that a web hosting server can support. And when a person’s computer shut down or malfunctioned there would be no accessing that page. Also there are a lot of things on a personal computer that you wouldn’t want people getting their hands on. Another good reason to have a separate place for your site.
So though it may seem infinite there is a finite amount of space (or memory if you want to think of it...