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Web hosting empowers anyone with a computer and internet connection to own a piece of cyberspace. In the web space owned by you, you can have news, bulletins, documents, data, files (your web site) and your own post office (mail server) to accept mail, all related to you or your business. This is your space and to get this space you either have to own a piece of the physical internet with a network connection to the internet backbone and computer(s) operating as server(s) offering access to your files and post office, for people on the internet to view your web site or send and receive email with you.
Owning a direct connection to the backbone and a server dedicated to a web site and email is out of reach for the average business and especially general members of the internet. One has to have a lot of technical ability and knowledge running a web site and mail server on your own computer when it is connected to the internet. The internet itself has to be your business for either of these options to be viable.
Cyberspace is a necessity for one and all in business to gain that competitive edge that is required for survival in the modern society. Web hosting companies were born out of this great need to provide an environment for the masses to own a piece of cyberspace, to offer an environment where people could have their piece of cyberspace on the internet 24/7 without the great cost. Web hosting companies developed a model where they could split up areas on the servers connected to the backbone and rent this space, cutting the costs across many people sharing the server and backbone connection to the internet.
In a web-hosting environment, you are offered a web site to place your files, data, documents, and bulletins for people to access with their web browser and an email server for you to send and receive email messages. The web host will also provide you a means to get an address for people to get to your web site with a web browser and post email to you.
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