reliable web host questionsWhat is a web hosting company?

A web hosting company is a company which stores the customer’s website onto their computer, a server, and then uploads it to whoever tries to access it over the internet. The web hosting company’s job is to deal with all the nitty gritty technology details while the customer worries about the actual webpage.

What is bandwidth?

After choosing a web hosting company, the company offers the customer a package stating the total amount of hard drive space they can use and the total bandwidth they can use per month. Bandwidth is basically the total amount of information that the server sends, or uploads, to the person trying to access the webpage.

What is web space?

After choosing a web hosting company, the company offers the customer a package stating the total amount of hard drive space they can use and the total bandwidth they can use per month. Web space refers to the total amount of hard drive space you have to store your webpage on. Generally speaking a single webpage with just text should take up around 40 Kb while pages including music, pictures, or animations take up much more space.

What is an uptime guarantee?

An uptime guarantee is when a company promises that their servers/network will be up X% of the time. However, one must look and ask carefully if the web hosting company means server or network uptime as the two vary in actuality and server uptime plays a more dominant role in a web hosting provider’s reliable service and delivery of your pages and website.



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