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 Web Hosting - Why you need it and how to go through with implementation.

To simplify things, we will give a clear overview of what’s involved in the process.

You will need a website and that special domain name such as Amazon.com to get yourself on the information super highway. And your off to the races. If only it were so simple.

Web hosting involves a much more complex scenario then what’s portrayed above. In its most simplest form we can describe it as requiring registering of a domain name and leasing space on domain server from a hosting provider. In it’s most  complex form, it involves implementation of operation, network, and web server software, training, IT staff overhead and securing a climate controlled location, if you choose to host the web server yourself.

The first scenario cost as little as $4.95 a month to launch your website.  The second scenario cost 10’s of thousands of dollars, if not millions to set up, depending on your requirement and bandwidth needs.

As you can see, it becomes very cost effective to choose a web hosting provider.

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Below are some of the terminology that you should familiarize yourself with before choosing your next web hosting provider.

ASP:

ASP (Active Server Pages) is Microsoft’s first server-side script engine for dynamically-generated web pages. ASP.NET processes all code on the server. After the code has been processed, the server returns the HTML to the client. Programming ASP websites is made easier by various built-in objects. Each object corresponds to a group of  functions used for creating dynamic web pages.

What you need to know: When building web sites, ASP and PHP are both very popular language choices used to build dynamic websites that can interact with Databases and exchange information. To run ASP programs, it needs to be installed on an IIS Windows platform server, which is not free. PHP programs run on Linux, which is free. So if you are running a lot ASP applications, you will need to check out web hosting providers that offer such services.

Bandwidth:

Bandwidth is the capacity measurement given in terms of bit rate, for a given system engaged in the transfer of data over a connection. In website hosting terms, bandwidth is used to describe the amount of data transferred to or from the server to your website within a defined period.

What you need to know: Web hosting companies often quote a monthly bandwidth limt.

Example 1000 gigabytes per month

If your total amount of data downloaded from your website exceeds this bandwidth limit do to its popularity growth, the hosting company may shout off access to your site. Or if you feel the need to increase your websites page loading time, a higher bandwidth maybe needed.

CGI:

Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard protocol for translating data from a webserver to a web browser. The task of such an information server is to respond to requests from client web browsers) by returning output. Each time a request is received, the server analyzes what the request asks for, and returns the appropriate output

Domain Name:

A common network name for your website address where people can find you on the internet by entering your domain name. name. For example, Amazon.com

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