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Hosting

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈhoʊstɪŋ/nounCore term

In software engineering, hosting means: A service that keeps a website's files and code on servers connected to the internet, so that people can visit the site at any time.

In Turkish: barındırma, hosting, web barındırma

How it is used

Types include shared hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, cloud hosting and platforms such as Vercel or Netlify for front-end projects. People compare hosting providers and plans; the verb is 'host': 'We host it on AWS.'

Example sentences

  1. The site goes down every evening; maybe it's time to change our hosting.

  2. Shared hosting is fine for a small company website.

Common collocations

  • web hosting
  • shared hosting
  • hosting provider
  • cloud hosting
  • hosting plan
  • domain nameThe readable address of a website, such as example.com, which people type instead of a numeric IP address.
  • web serverSoftware, such as Nginx or Apache, that accepts HTTP requests and serves web pages and files; the term is also used for the machine that runs it.
  • deployTo put a new version of software onto servers or devices so that it starts running there, for example in a test environment or for real users.
  • serverA computer or program that waits for requests from browsers and other clients and sends back pages, files or data.

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