Need of Domain Registration and Web Hosting for Website
To get internet space we have to register domain name. This name is to convert IP address in to string of characters. Domain name is just like address of our home. For getting internet space, we need web host account.
If You want to create a website for you business, you need to purchase internet space on web server. You have to register domain name for internet space. DNS is unique name of to website.
Just like we have address of our home, office or any other place. This method is to convert Numerical IP address in to human understandable characters. ICANN provide registration services for DNS. DNS treat IP address as static entity. All information is available on internet database server. The first process of registration is to register top level domain. TLD or top-level domain information is available on DNS Database server.
For example in the www.indiainternets.com, .”com” is top-top level extension and “indiainternets” is sub level extension. Complete listing of higher level extension is provided by Internet Assigned Number Authority(IANA). You can search on internet about TLD. It is broadly divided in two type. One is Generic name and other is country specific domain. Some of the generic extensions are com,org,edu,biz and gov. Business enterprises use ".biz" as top- level extension. Country specific domain is usually of two characters. One extension is used by the particular country. For example ".uk" is used by United kingdom and ".in" is top- level extension of India. Cheap Domain registration offer various Top-level generic extensions for educational sectors, business sector and for many others. It also provides country specific domains in affordable rates.
The second step is to register sub level domain. This sub level extension is a part of DNS. For example in the above example "indiainternets" is sub level domain of ".com". You have to first check out whether the required domain is available or not. Various sites are available in which you can register your domain. To buy a domain name, you need to mention some basic information on registration form.
Content details,Email address,domain extension, and time duration for web space are some basic information that you have to fill in your registration form. After taking DNS service, you have apply for web host account. Web host account is mandatory to make website accessible. Lots of people think that web hosting and Domain registration are same. But both are different services.
Web hosting is a process of providing Internet space on server. It is just like space of your home. You can purchase internet space according to your website size. Website is a combination of text,images and flash. Images are more expensive than text data. It needs more server space. You have to pay more if your site contains lots of images and flash. There are many companies that provide registration services as well as web hosting services.
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