Name Server - Elements of Web Hosting

Are you just now starting to learn about all the different processes and services that go into creating a top notch website? From the perspective of a website user, there is nothing more to a website than a bunch of pages, tabs, and clickable links. Most average website users pay more attention to the colors and the fonts of a website rather than the functionality of its navigation or the search engine optimization of its photographs. If you're going to launch a website for the first time, however, it's necessary that you develop at least a working knowledge of all of the elements of web hosting, starting with the name server.

If you've never heard of a name server before, don't worry. Most people never bother to learn the definition of this term until they have to set up a hosting account for their first customized website. Simply defined, this type of server helps to translate the domain name of a certain website into an IP address that can be located on the internet and traced back to an actual company or owner. Although many people think of the domain name or URL as the place where a website exists, it's actually the IP address that URL represents that is the real home of the web page files.

Another thing you may not have known about the name server is that there are actually two associated with each domain name or URL address. There are both primary and secondary servers so that in the event that there is a problem with one, visitors can be redirected to the secondary server without interruption. In some cases you might find it in your interests to have more than one, but this is highly unlikely.

If you love the fact that you can search for and register fun and unique domain names, you owe this luxury to the name server system. If this system wasn't in place, you would have to memorize the very long and complicated IP address for every website that you visited on a regular basis. You would also lose the ability to "guess" about domain names for new sites you wanted to visit, because there would be no recognizable letters or words involved in the address at all. Many new website owners are quite overwhelmed by the technical terminology of setting up a site, but that's why it's often best to work with a professional your first time around.

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