Web hosting is the possibility and mandatory requirement for internet services
and online-based platforms to work, as the physical space where their
computing resources are saved and make them available to millions of users
around the world. Like this, web pages and applications, as well as online
services and other platforms can offer their different functionalities through
the internet, providing the physical hosting space that is critical for their
tasks to be carried out.
However, there are other functions and
purposes related to web hosting that make it a critical matter in general and
specifically. Since, it can be said that thanks to web hosting and hosting in a
more abroad approach is the key element for internet to work and be known as it
is today, being part of the physical hardware and structure that allow
cyberspace works and be the way it is. As a service, web hosting has many core
and smaller purposes to achieve.
Different goals respecting web
hosting as a whole
Being the physical part for content, text,
images, videos, animations, and others to be hosted and available as resources
for web pages, applications and service platforms to function, the imperative purpose of web hosting is acting
as the container from which every online platform feeds from, since content
of different kinds do not simply appear from the ground up on the screen.
Now, in connection to that main goal web
hosting has of containing resources for online web platforms to work with,
other purposes come out from this one with a more specific approach or function
that is also imperative for their optimal performance.
For example, with web hosting is possible for
applications, web pages and other web-based platforms to be responsive and
quick, by taking computing resources from the related server. So,
performance is a matter that is specifically connected to the function of web
hosting, and this is usually the most affected issue when it comes to the
different types existing and their total price.
Another purpose of web hosting that is
related to how it provides resources for internet services as container is to
give the tools to control and manage such service platforms. With web hosting
not only resources and information are hosted, but also integrated into a
platform that can be managed for their best functioning and performance,
starting from the operating system and database point of view, as well as language
coding and protocols.
