Web hosting is an of Internet hosting service that without which there can’t be shown any websites on the Internet. Webhosting makes it possible for clients to create and maintain a site that is accessible on the World Wide Web. Companies providing web hosting services are sometimes called web hosts.

Technical side of webhosting

Typically, web hosting requires the following:
• Servers that act all together as the host for the clients’ websites
• Domain Name System configuration to define name(s) for the sites and point them to the hosting server(s);
• a web server running on the host;
• for each site hosted on the server:
  • space on the server(s) to hold the files making up the site
  • site-specific configuration
  • often, a database;
  • software and credentials allowing the client to access these, enabling them to create, configure, and modify the site;
  • email connectivity allowing the host and site to send email to the client.

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