Translation guide
A service that provides space on a server to host websites, making them accessible on the internet.
Referring to a company or service that hosts websites
The most direct and widely understood term, borrowed from English. Suitable for both casual and formal contexts.
This web hosting service is cheap and reliable.
Literally 'rental server', this is a very common term in Japan for web hosting services, especially shared hosting. Often used when choosing a provider.
I signed up for a rental server to start a blog.
A shorter form of 'web hosting service', commonly used in technical contexts.
I compared hosting services and chose the best one.
A verbal phrase meaning 'to rent a server'. Used when talking about the action of getting hosting.
To publish a website, you need to rent a server.
Distinguishing between shared, VPS, dedicated, cloud hosting, etc.
Shared server. The most common type of hosting for small websites.
A shared server is shared by multiple users on one machine.
Virtual Private Server. Often referred to by the English acronym.
A VPS offers more flexibility than a shared server.
Dedicated server. An entire physical server for one client.
Cloud hosting. Uses multiple virtual servers.
A dedicated server is suitable for large-scale sites.
Cloud hosting allows you to scale resources as needed.