Hosting is the name for the service that stores your websites files until they are needed -that is, when someone visits your site.

Once your website is complete, the files that make up the site are transferred to a high-speed server, a computer with a constant connection to the internet.

A hosting account is usually paid for by the month or year, and the price can vary depending on the amount of space a website's files need on the server hard-disk - in other words, how big the site is.

The cost of hosting is also dependent on the monthly data-transfer a website requires. Sites using more webspace or attracting a high number of visitors will need a greater data transfer allowance than smaller ones.

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What Is Hosting?