webhosting

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A form of web hosting — The service of hosting a web site on the Internet, making it viewable by other users.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

nounwebhosting (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of web hosting.

    They provide logistical support for third parties, enable webhosting in their cloud for businesses, and so on.

    2017, Wijnand Jongen, The End of Online Shopping: The Future of Retail in an Always Connected World, Nubiz, →ISBN, page 23
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    Make sure that your webhosting service has room for expansion. As your site grows and your web traffic increases, you’ll probably need to buy more webhosting space.

    2008, Kimberly Spinks Burleson, Robyn Collins, Prepare to Be a Teen Millionaire, Deerfield Beach, Fla.: Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 144

    They would take 4closureFraud off WordPress and onto its own server, and Carol would cover all webhosting expenses.

    2016, David Dayen, Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud, New York, N.Y.; London: The New Press, →ISBN, page 164

    With the cursor hovering over the message button, I’d held my breath as I opened it, only to discover it was an invoice for webhosting from the parent site.

    2020, M. A. Hunter, Ransomed (The Missing Children Case Files), One More Chapter, HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, →ISBN, page 295
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APA

webhosting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/webhosting

MLA

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Chicago

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