What is web hosting?
Web hosting is essentially a kind of hosting service which will enable both organizations and individuals to create their own websites on the Internet which will be available to the whole world via the World Wide Web. Typically the host company which provides the hosting service will be enabling you access to their server or a server which they have on lease. These servers will enable the internet connectivity to the clients. For personal web pages, usually single page hosting will suffice.
However if the client requires something more complex a package which is more comprehensive will be required. These packages usually provide application development platforms such as ASP.NET, ColdFusion, Ruby on Rails, Java and PHP and also database support. For e-commerce associated websites SSL proves to be highly helpful. These features enable the clients to be able to install and write scripts for applications like content management and forums. The purview of webhosting is varied. Some of the most basic web page hosting can be done via File Transfer Protocol or FTP which can be used for small scale file hosting. Little processing is done to these files as they are delivered on to the internet.
