Difference between domain and hosting

[Virgo25]

Web Hosting is an account on a computer (aka server) that can store and serve website files via the Internet. Domain Registration is leasing a human-readable word (e.g., amazon.com) that directs people to specific website files via a browser. As an analogy, a domain is an “address” on the Internet.

 

[Cybersec]

Most popular top level domain is .com which is for commercial websites. Most of the businesses comes under this category.
We also have .gov which specifies that it's a government website and .org is for non-profit organizations.

 

[Trojan8]

Hosting represents the form handling the data and servers of a particular site. A hosting firm is tasked with making sure the website performs perfectly. The domain represents is a link that directs people to your website. A hosting firm offers domain services to a website.

 

[LaylaG]

In a very simple explanation a domain is your real home,is it a place people will always come to find you,a hosting is what you have to offer,is it a place that allow you to store and right out every of your article,a hosting can be best discribe as what your website has to offer.

 

[Kehinde]

Web Hosting is an account on a computer (aka server) that can store and serve website files via the Internet. Domain Registration is leasing a human-readable word (e.g., amazon.com) that directs people to specific website files via a browser.

 

[Damismiling]

You are right that people are confused. When I was a technical consultant for the website of the local Film Academy the head of the organization was asking me if the contractor of their website was scamming therm. There was an expense item under hosting and another in domain name. I had to explain that domain name is the fee for using a website name that the provider will add to their directory so the internet browser can find it. The hosting is the running of the website.

Okay now I get even me , I just got the better understanding now, the confusion not small, so domain is to cover for the name and the payment is different from the hosting which is running of the website.
Okay thank you so much for this

 

[Chris]

Domain name is the address of your website that people type in the browser’s URL bar to visit your website, for example (Bizdustry.com).
While, Web Hosting is an account on a computer (aka server) that can store and serve website files via the Internet.

 

[ranaabubakar263]

Web hosting is an account on a web server that “hosts” your website files.If you do not have a domain “pointed” to your hosting account, you can access it with a string of numbers in an IP address.
While you can technically build your own server at home, most people buy hosting from a hosting company.A hosting company is a company that owns a bunch of pre-configured servers that they lease out according to different hosting plans.

 

[Usman Sattar]

A good way to think about this is that if the domain name was your home address, then web hosting is the actual home you are referring to. All websites on the Internet require web hosting.

When someone enters your domain name into a browser, the domain name is translated into the IP address of your web hosting company's computer. This computer contains the files on your website, and it sends them back to users'.
This solution is very clear of between.

 

[Hafsa]

these are both services and close to each other but I think if you make a website select the web host service, a website on a computer via the internet while Domain Hosting Referrals then Host Domain Names For Your Website Under Services.

 

[mcjerry]

Domain and hosting are two different things which are important to create a website. Many people confuse regarding these two . Can you tell what is different between domain an hosting in simple words?

The two are both very important to build a website. Every website always have an IP address. But because the IP is not easy to remember and does not give the website a title.
Then the introduction of domain name came. The domain name replace the IP.
Hosting a website is making your website to be seen online. It is when you borrow some computer space with a server and also been seen online

 

[Lagazine]

I don't really know the different between the domain and hosting, I only use to buy the hosting for my blogsite or website before launching. I never think there is any difference between both. Well, I think I'm going back to class, so that I can learn about these things again.

 

[Nicklas22]

A domain name is your website’s address on the internet where people can access your website. It is something that internet users type in the browser’s URL bar to visit your site.

Web hosting is the storage location where your website content files are placed. It’s like the home of your website.

If your domain name was the address of your house, then the actual house is your hosting server. You need both a domain name and web hosting to create a website.

 

[Sheun450]

Domain hosting is a service that provides domain names for websites. A domain hosting service sells domains and registers them to an owner in exchange for a yearly subscription fee.

 

[Royalty]

To properly understand the different between DOMAIN and HOSTING, we must briefly explain hosting and IP Addresses. Web hosting is a service by a web hosting provider, like InMotion Hosting, who provides a home server for your website and allows it to be viewed by the public. while your domain name helps your potential customers and readers find your website, however, your website convinces them engage with and trust your business. Your website is your digital storefront. It is your space to succesfully design, build and promote your business and brand.

 

[Taimoor Jutt]

Hosting is an account that can store and service website files from the Internet on a device. A human readable term such as ptv.com that guides individuals through a browser to unique website files is leased via domain registration, example, on the Internet, a domain is a address.

 

[Diamond07]

Web hosting is an account on a web server that “hosts” your website files.Web hosting and domain registration are frequently paired together. But it’s important to understand exactly what they Domain registration areI Internetaddresses are technically “IP Addresses.”

 

[Muhammad Umar]

Web Hosting is an account on a computer that can store and serve website files via the Internet. Domain Registration is leasing a human-readable word (e.g., amazon.com) that directs people to specific website files via a browser. As an analogy, a domain is an “address” on the Internet.

 

[Yaqoob Habib]

I usually think of it this way.

The domain name is the name of your house that you give it to stand out.

The hosting is the house itself, being managed by someone, but it's where you do everything that goes on your site.

A domin name is just the address of your website while hosting is the storage that keeps all of your website data.

 

[Blue house]

Hosting is the essential. That's the service on the internet that holds your files and images and presents those in an orderly way when your visitors request your website.
The Domain Name is a human understandable way to find that website among all the websites out there.