A server is what connects you to the web for your internet service provider, or web hosting provider.

You could not see this site if your internet service provider did not have a server,
or hundreds of them connected together for that matter. So now you are asking yourself...then
why do I need to have a website on another server? The answer is simple. Your internet service
provider allows you to get into cyberspace (the web), and check your email etc.

When you decide to buy a domain name, you need someone to host this domain name for you.
This particular type of server, allows people to buy space on the server so you can upload files
(when you send files to someone else vs. download, when you get files from someone) and store your files there.

You can make your own computer a server...but do you want hundreds, perhaps thousands of people
looking around on your computer? Probably not. That is why you need to buy hosting.

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