Web Hosting Terms That You Really Should Know
For those who are relatively new to the world of web hosting, some of the language might seem a little bit intimidating. You may be confused at first as to what people are saying but before long you will be fluent in the language too. Here is some more important web hosting vocabulary that you should know.
Bandwidth Bandwidth is the term used to describe how much data you can transfer in a month. Your web host’s server will have to transfer data to the computer of every visitor that your website receives. A typical web hosting package will allow for a certain amount of data to be transferred each month but you will have to pay more if you exceed this amount. The most usual way of measuring bandwidth is in gigabytes.
Storage Space as well as having only so much bandwidth you will also usually be allocated only a certain amount of storage space on the server. You should choose a hosting package with plenty of storage space if you plan on making video and audio files available on your website as these take up a lot of space.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) The way that files are transferred across the web is most often done by file transfer protocol. FTP has been around from the beginning of the internet.
IP Address your internet protocol (IP) address is the actual address for your net server. The IP address is numeric and it is this that the internet uses for locating your pages which will have an IP address.
Above are just a few of the terms you will hear discussed in relation to web hosting. There are a lot of other words as well that we will cover later.
Anybody thinking about venturing into internet marketing should have UK web hosting sorted out. The web hosting world can be a confusing one though for a newbie. An example of this could be coming across free web hosting or even dedicated servers on your travels.