Your host is the place where you keep all your shite. Big corporations have servers that are running 24/7/365(6) so that people can access their sites from outside the company. Smith has them. You and I, and our computers? Can't handle that kind of traffic. Therefore, you need a server that can handle that, and that's where hosting comes in. You set it up so that your domain name routes to said host, and that essentially, said host IS your domain name, as far as anyone can see. It's just not your problem when it comes to taking care of a server.
Be advised, it costs plenty of money to start up...I ended up dropping over $100 three years ago.
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How Hosting Works, Generally Speaking
Date: 2004-07-07 09:05 pm (UTC)Be advised, it costs plenty of money to start up...I ended up dropping over $100 three years ago.