Virtual Hosting

[webcreations]

Virtual hosting is the practice of serving multiple web sites from a single web server.

[marclewis]

Virtual hosting refers to the method used for hosting more than one domain names. It allows server to share its resources.

[pinkygupta]

Virtual hosting is a technique of hosting multiple domain names on a single server.

[chris_wess]

Virtual hosting is a method for hosting multiple domain names (with separate handling of each name) on a single server (or pool of servers)

[manoharparakh]

virtual hosting is the provision of Web server hosting services so that a company (or individual) doesn't have to purchase and maintain its own Web server and connections to the Internet. A virtual hosting provider is sometimes called a Web or Internet "space provider." Some companies providing this service simply call it "hosting." Typically, virtual hosting provides a customer who wants a Web site with: domain name registration assistance, multiple domain names that map to the registered domain name, an allocation of file storage and directory setup for the Web site files, e-mail addresses, and, optionally, Web site creation services. The virtual hosting user (the Web site owner) needs only to have a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) program for exchanging files with the virtual host.

[jerryperes]

Virtual hosting is the provision of Web hosting services so that a company (or individual) doesn't have to purchase and maintain its own Web server and connections to the Internet.

[johnmiller445]

Virtual hosting is a method for hosting multiple domain names (with separate handling of each name) on a single server (or pool of servers). This allows one server to share its resources, such as memory and processor cycles, without requiring all services provided to use the same host name. The term virtual hosting is usually used in reference to web servers but the principles does carry over to other internet services.

[allen025]

Hosting arrangement in which multiple-websites (each with its own URL) are maintained on the same virtual server.