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This article gives an overview of web hosting and web servers:
the types of web servers, and which one you should use. First,
of all, what is web hosting? You need web hosting for your web
site so it can be accessed over the Internet. A web hosting
provider can do this for you by placing your site on what is
called a web server. Imagine you have a jewelry business and you
want to open shop to sell your items. You go to a big mall and
rent a space from its owner. That space becomes your jewelry
store. In this example, the space for your jewelry store is the
web hosting, and it is hosted on a web server. Let's say the web
server is the first floor of the mall. The store itself with the
name is your web site. The owner of the mall is the web hosting
provider. Every store must have a name to be identified. On the
Web, the equivalent to that is the domain name. That's the name
of your jewelry