The amount of data on the internet is increasing on a daily basis, and it forces 
us to make a choice in choosing an economical web hosting plan. Several new web developers are building sites on their computer, but have no idea on how to get it online. In order to get your website online, you need to have web hosting. Web hosting allows for you to make your website publicly viewable by millions of people. When beginners visit hosting websites, they see various new terms and have no idea on what it means. Before you go ahead and give a company your money, you should understand what all everything means. On many occasions, people spend more money on things they do not need and this is because they do not know what these extra features are or what they do. By understanding all the features, you will be better able to choose the right plan for your website.
Space: Space is the amount of data you can store on the server. If you’re your hosting plan indicates that the total space is 5GB, and then you can not add more than 5GB of data on the server. Shared hosting plans are quite flexible, and the company will allow you to upgrade the amount of space you have.
Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the amount of total amount of data that can be downloaded and uploaded from your server in any given month. Your bandwidth limit will reset at the beginning of every month. If you bandwidth limit is 100GB and you go over; your account will be suspended. You will then have to pay an extra fee or wait till the end of the month till it resets.
OS/Operating System: The OS is the operating system of the server you will be on. There are three basic types of systems, which are Windows, UNIX and Linux. All operating systems will be fine to run any programming language except for ASP. If you will be running ASP on your site, you will require a Windows server.
Uptime: Uptime is the total amount of time in percent that your website will be up in any given month. There is no host that can provide one hundred percent uptime. The reason is because servers need to be maintained, and this causes a minor downtime. A good uptime for a server is about 99.9%.
Programming Languages: There are several programming languages such as ASP, JSP, PHP and PERL. These four languages are the most common ones to run on servers. People will add these programming languages if they want to enhance their website by adding more interactive features.
Unmanaged/Managed Hosting: Unmanaged hosting is when you rent a server from a company, where you are responsible for anything that happens to it. If the server crashes, you will have to fix it. In managed hosting, the hosting company will take care of all server issues. If the server’s processor dies out, they will replace it. Managed web hosting is a good choice if you want to hold no responsibility
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