| Web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting | | | | SMTP, IMAP and Webmail Email service availability. |
| service that allows individuals and organizations to | | | | Anonymous FTP connections are provided for the |
| provide their own website accessible through the | | | | web hosting. There are Front Page Extensions as |
| World Wide Web. The requirements of the | | | | well as Protected Directories to create as many |
| application are used to decide which type of | | | | password protected areas as required without the |
| hosting is to be employed. The factors which are | | | | need for any programming. |
| considered include database server software, | | | | Windows Hosting provides complete reliability, |
| scripting software, and operating systems. The | | | | scalability and back-end support required for |
| use of Linux-based web hosting offers a wide | | | | today's demanding web sites. Windows hosting |
| range of different softwares. A typical | | | | supports all the popular windows-specific web |
| configuration for a Linux server is the LAMP | | | | development technologies, empowering an |
| platform: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl | | | | individual to create a website or web application in |
| Python. | | | | the language of ones preference. In windows |
| The webhosting clients can also have other | | | | hosting using the control panel one can make up |
| services, such as an email for their business | | | | to hundred DSNs (Database Source Names) for |
| domain, databases or multi-media services. There | | | | connecting to Microsoft Access, Excel, SQL |
| is also the option available to choose Windows as | | | | Server or MySQL. There can be deployed |
| a hosting platform. The clients can choose from | | | | unlimited number of Microsoft Access Databases |
| PHP, Perl, and Python and may also use ASP .net | | | | within a windows hosting. The support is offered |
| or Classic ASP. The web hosting services include | | | | for all the .net technologies. The data can be |
| personal control panel for easy administration and | | | | uploaded and files can be transferred to and from |
| dedicated IP address. It extends support to PHP, | | | | the server using FTP Based Clients, Drumbeat and |
| MySQL, SSH Access and CGI-Bin. There is POP, | | | | Macromedia DreamWeaver. |