Web server where you can host your and users can access using Internet. A web hosting company own computer that work as a web server where they host your web site content like files, html page, images, flash files, etc. Web hosting company charges you for the space provided by them to host your site

Domain name is a unique name that identifies a web site for particular IP Address. Generally domain name pointing to your organization or company name or service you offer. User can access your site using your domain name. For example in the URL http://www.thehostingguide.com, the domain name is thehostingguide.com. Each and every domain name have suffix that indicates top level domain (TDL).

Internet is absolutely IP based and it’s not easy to remember a site by IP address. IP address consists of binary number and it not easy to remember a web site using this binary number. When user sends a web site request through web browser address bar, DNS Server resolves its assigned IP address and send back requested web site to the user.

Click on the following link to register a domain name:
Domain Name Registration

Virtual hosting is also called Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) or Virtual Private Server (VPS). Virtual Hosting offer to host more than one web site on the same web server (computer) and IP address. Virtual Hosting is mostly used by companies or organizations that don’t want to purchase and maintain their own web server. Virtual Hosting providers generally offer their customer a domain name registration, file storage, directory setup, email address and sometime also offer web site design. Users of Virtual Hosting only need a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to transfer files.

Dedicated Hosting provide individual server to host client web site. Dedicated server solely devoted to your web site, it will not share with other customer as in the case of Shared Hosting. Webmaster has full access to server that includes choice of operating system, hardware, backup facilities, etc. Webmaster can maintain server or ask a hosting company to maintain server for them. Service providers charge for maintaining dedicated web server, this is also called Managed Web Hosting. They may provide technical support, email maintenance, file backup, etc

Reseller hosting providers resell allocated hard drive space to their client provided by another hosting company. In most cases reseller hosting provider can not responsible for maintaining web server, technical support, and hardware. Reseller web hosting is a simple way to start your own web hosting service with little knowledge of web hosting. Some of the reseller hosting providers only responsible for reselling web space other web hosting company.