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<seo title="What is a hosting account" metakeywords="host,hosting, hosting account,shared hosting" metadescription="What is a hosting account" /><div align="justify">'''All websites have to host on a webserver'''. Just imagine you've purchased a book and need a shelf to place it on. The same thing happens with your site. It also needs some place to get available for others. Though it sounds quite simple, hosting may turn out to be quite a confusing term.

'''Web Hosting companies''' or '''Web Hosts''' are companies supplying space on the internet for storing all kinds of user’s data – information, videos, pictures. Their services make it possible for the account data to be accessible on the internet.

There are several types of hosting (hosting accounts) available: '''Shared hosting''', '''Dedicated hosting''' and '''Co-Location hosting'''. 

'''Shared Hosting''' (hosting account) means that hosting provider shares the server space to many sites on the same machine in order to make service less expensive.

'''Dedicated server''' means that you have an entire server for yourself and don’t share it with anyone else. This type of hosting is suitable and necessary for you if you want to host a big application on the internet and have full control over it. This type of hosting account can be used if you want to host a big resource-consuming application on the net and have full control over it.

'''Server Co-Location''' means that you can purchase your own server, modify the applications according to your needs and place it on '''Internet Service Provider'''.</div>
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