What is cPanel? - Control panel, which is also known as cPanel, is a control panel based on the web and web hosting. The purpose of designing cPanel is for the administration of web sites.
 
   
 
Web hosting is basically a service provided through which organizations as well as individuals can have their own web site which can be accessed by people using the World Wide Web. Web hosting is an internet hosting service. Companies known as web hosts give space on the servers they have to the clients for their use.
 

It is not necessary that the web host companies own the servers they provide space and connectivity to the internet on. They can also provide these facilities on servers which are not owned by them, and this can then be located in their own data center. This type of service is known as collocation.

The scope over which hosting services are provided varies to a large extent. Small scale file hosting and web page is the most basic hosting service. Using this, the files are uploaded through a Web interface or an FTP, which is File Transfer Protocol.

There is not much processing done on the files uploaded to the World Wide Web, and they are usually as they were. There are a lot of ISPs, or internet service providers who provide this service to their customers without any charge. There are other service providers as well who provide web page hosting services. Hosting of Web sites which are of personal nature are usually free, cheap, or sponsored by advertisements. Hosting of business web sites is expensive.

 
 
     
     
 
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