A hosting is a web server, a computer where your website lives and all your web pages, pictures, etc. are located and can be accessed by typing the website address (aka domain) into a browser.
The hosting server also can be used to host:
- your @yourdomain email addresses, example: gjergji@kokushta.com
- databases
- backups
- web apps
- etc.
There are some technical properties you need to know and understand, when you choose your hosting plan:
Space: the amount of harddrive space used for hosting the website and email messages. Usually is measured in GB (gigabyte). For a small website 5-10 GB is more than enough.
Bandwidth/Traffic: Each time someone visits a website, the page loads data from the web server (text, images, video, animations, etc.). The amount of data loaded from each visitor during a month is calculated as monthly traffic or bandwidth.
Bandwidth is important for your website accessibility. The greater the bandwidth, the bigger the number of visitors that can access your website.
Remember: if the visitors use / consume the whole bandwidth, the next visitor can not access your website.
For a small website, let's say a webpage load is 2MB (megabyte) and your bandwidth is 10 GB or 10000 MB - only 5000 visitor can access your website within a month.