Web Hosting Definitions
blog hosting service: a service for hosting and managing weblogs (blogs)cloud hosting: a new type of hosting service which allows scalability based on reliable load-balanced servers; users are charged for only what they use, not what they could useclustered hosting: a service using multiple servers hosting the same contentcollocation web hosting service: a service similar to dedicated web hosting in which the user owns the server; the most expensive form of web hostingdedicated hosting service: service where each user has full control (but usually not ownership) over their own servere-mail hosting service: a service for running electronic mail serversfile hosting service: a service for hosting files as opposed to web pagesfree web hosting service: limited hosting service usually supported by advertisementsgrid hosting: a distributed hosting service in which a server cluster acts like a gridhome server: a machine in a private residence used to host one or more websiteshyperlink: a reference to a webpage which the user can followhypertext markup language (HTML): a set of tags used for the description of web pages to make them accessible through a web browserhypertext transfer protocol (HTTP): a networking protocol for hypermedia information systemsimage hosting service: a service specifically for hosting imagesInternet: a “network of networks” that uses the Internet Protocol Suite and carries the World Wide Web, e-mail, and moremanaged hosting service: a service where a user gets its own server but not full control over itone-click hosting: a service for uploading files from a hard drive to a host server for storage or sharingpastebin: a service for hosting text snippets; also a site offering such a servicereseller web hosting: a service where resellers purchase hosting services and then sell them to customers using their own hard drive and bandwidthshared web hosting service: service where multiple users place their website on the same server(s)uniform resource locator (URL): specifies where a resource is available and the retrieval method; the address of a web pageuptime: the amount of time a host is accessible; should approach 100video hosting service: a service specifically for hosting videosvirtual dedicated server (VDS): a virtual division of a physical server used to divide resources among many usersweb browser: software for retrieving information on the World Wide Webweb content management system (WCMS): software used for creating and managing web sites, aimed at users with little technical knowledge of programming or markup languagesweb host: companies that provide server space and Internet connectivity for clientsweb hosting service: a type of Internet hosting service that allows for the creation of websites accessible by the World Wide Webweb page: a document or other resources accessed on the World Wide Web through a web browserwebsite: a collection of linked web pages, images, videos, and other files with a common Uniform Resource Locator (URL)World Wide Web (WWW): a system of linked hypertext documents accessed through the Internet