Concise, jargon-free definitions of hosting terms: VPS, dedicated server, NVMe, CDN, shared hosting.
A VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a virtual machine sold as a service on a shared physical server, with dedicated CPU, RAM and dis...
NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) is a storage protocol for SSDs that connects directly to the CPU over PCIe, delivering 4-8× the...
A dedicated server is a physical machine rented exclusively to one customer — no hypervisor, no other tenants, full hardware acces...
Shared hosting puts many customers on one server sharing an OS; VPS gives each customer a virtual machine with dedicated CPU/RAM a...
A CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a global network of caching servers that stores copies of your content close to users, so page...