What is Domain and Hosting and How it works.
                     WHAT IS DOMAIN 
AND HOSTING 
AND HOW IT 
WORKS?
 Domain name is the address of your website that people type in the 
browser URL bar to visit your website.
 In simple terms, if your website was a house, then your domain name 
will be its address.
What is a 
Domain 
Name?
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 When you enter a domain name in your web browser, it first sends a request 
to a global network of servers that form the Domain Name System (DNS).
 These servers then look up for the name servers associated with the domain 
and forward the request to those name servers
How Domain 
Names 
Actually 
Work?
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 A website is made up of files like HTML pages, website builder software, 
images, and more.
 If the domain name is the web address of your website, then web 
hosting is the home where your website lives.
How is 
Domain Name 
Different from 
a Web 
Hosting?
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 Domain names are available in many different extensions. The most 
popular one is .com. There are many other options like .org, .net, .tv, 
.info, .io, and more. However we always recommend using .com domain 
extension.
Different 
Types of 
Domain 
Names
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 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 
manages the domain names system. 
 It is a non-profit organization that creates and implements the policies 
for domain names.
Who is 
Responsible 
for Domain 
Name 
System?
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 You can buy domain names from one of the many domain name 
registrars. A domain name typically costs 14.99 per year. Some popular 
domain name companies are:
How to Buy a 
Domain 
Name?
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 Web hosting is the service of providing storage space for a website or 
application on a server on the internet. 
 Once your website is made available on the internet, it can be accessed 
by other computers connected to the internet.
What is web 
hosting?
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 Web hosts are companies that rent out their services and technologies 
to host websites on the internet. 
 Once the hosting company hosts your website, users can access it by 
typing in your web address (domain name) in their web browser. 
How web 
hosting 
works?
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 You need to know what kind of website do you plan to host online- a 
blog, an ecommerce portal, a news website, etc. as this will determine 
how much web traffic you expect and how robust the infrastructure 
required to host your website, should be.
How to 
choose the 
right web 
hosting 
package
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 Shared Hosting
 WordPress Hosting
 Reseller Hosting
 Dedicated Hosting
 VPS hosting
What are the 
web hosting 
options 
available?
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