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Web Hosting is one of those core Internet concepts that starts out simple and gets insanely confusing as you delve into it.Every website is 'hosted' somewhere.In other words, the 'hosting' entity runs a machine that not only stores a given website but - most critically - makes it possible for other machines around the Internet to find that website on their machine.Many Internet Service Providers (AOL is the biggest but there are tens of thousands worldwide) offer physical space on their machines for their customers to create and manage their own website. The Provider (known as an ISP) runs the software that enables those websites to be found by those looking for them around the world..
If you have a powerful enough machine and the right software, you can host your own website - and the websites of your family and friends.
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