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Getting to Grips with Web Hosting Jargon
Getting to grips with UK web hosting jargon is the key to getting the best deal for your hosting. Many of the people who will benefit most from cheap UK hosts do not necessarily know anything about hosting. Hopefully if you are one of these businesses, with our help finding that great deal on your hosting should be that little bit easier.
Domain Names
You are probably familiar with domain names. They are the .com, .co.uk, .tv, .eu etc extensions. You can purchase them from hosting companies for a few pounds per year.
Name Servers
When you choose your hosting company you don’t have to know about name servers. Briefly however they are the real internet addressing system. When you input a domain name into your browser, it is the name server that lands you on the right page.
Overselling
Overselling is something that it’s worth knowing about. If a hosting company has oversold their services then there will be too many people on the server. This will affect how efficient the server is. Most reputable UK hosting companies will not oversell their services.
CPanel
Once you have purchased your site the chances are that you will use CPanel to administer it. CPanel is a ubiquitous control panel, that allows you to manage files and e-mail accounts for your site.
There are a lot of hosting companies to choose from. They will all use the same jargon, and so if you know the lingo you’ll have better chances of getting a good deal.