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  • Getting Started
    • What is Web Hosting?
    • Understanding Web Hosting Terminology
    • How to Choose the Right Hosting Plan
    • How to Purchase a Hosting Plan
  • Account & Billing
    • How to Cancel a Hosting Plan
  • How to Update Your BoostedHost Account Information
  • Hosting
    • Understanding Shared Hosting
    • Frequently Asked Questions about Shared Hosting
    • How to Manage Your Shared Hosting Account
  • WordPress
    • How To Install WordPress on a New Domain
  • How to Fix Maximum Execution Time Exceeded Error in WordPress
  • How to Change Your WordPress Domain/Site URLs (Step by Step Guide)
  • Troubleshooting & Support
    • How to fix ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error
  • Advance Guide
    • How to Connect a Domain Name to Your Hosting Account / Update Nameservers
    • How to Access Your cPanel Account
    • How to add an Addon Domain (cPanel Guide)
    • How to Create a Database (cPanel guide)
    • How to Create a backup (cPanel/JetBackup Guide)
    • How to Download any Backups (cPanel/JetBackup Guide)
    • How to Restore the backup in cPanel (JetBackup Guide)
    • Caching
  • Custom Applications
    • Deploying Custom Applications (Laravel, Node.js, Git) on Shared Hosting
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  1. Getting Started

What is Web Hosting?

Web hosting is a service provided by companies, known as web hosts, that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts provide space on a server, which can be owned or leased for use by clients. They also provide Internet connectivity, typically in a data center.

Web hosting services can offer varying amounts of data storage, bandwidth, email, and other features. They can also support different types of hosting, such as shared hosting, where your website shares resources with other websites on the same server, or dedicated hosting, where your website has a server to itself.

When choosing a web host, it's important to consider the specific needs of your website, including traffic, data requirements, and the level of control you want over your server.

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