Two kinds of hosting: website and domain

Sometimes it can be a little confusing when techies talk about hosting. The term simply refers to the location (on what computer) files can be found. It gets confusing because when we are talking about hosting with regard to websites, we could be talking about one of two things: website hosting or domain hosting.

Website site hosting refers to where the files for a website are being hosted. The domain, which is your URL (e.g. www.yourdomain.com) points to your website, but it may not be hosted at the same location as your website. For example, the domain WestLAonline.com is hosted by GoDaddy, but points to the website files that are hosted by Dreamhost.

So if you are every talking to a techie about hosting, you might need to clarify which hosting you are talking about: website hosting or domain hosting.