Web Foundations Guides

The basic building blocks every website runs on — domains, DNS, hosting, and the security layer that keeps it all safe.

What Is a Website?

What a website actually is, and how it gets from a server to your screen.

What Is a Domain Name?

What a domain name actually is, and how it differs from web hosting.

What Is DNS?

How domain names get translated into the addresses computers actually use.

What Is an IP Address?

What IP addresses are, IPv4 vs IPv6, and why every device online needs one.

HTTP vs HTTPS: What's the Difference?

What the difference actually is, and why HTTPS matters for every website today.

What Is SSL/TLS?

What SSL and TLS actually do, and how certificates power the HTTPS padlock.

What Is Web Hosting?

What web hosting actually is, and the main types available.

What Is Cloud Computing?

What cloud computing actually means, and why it replaced owning physical servers.

What Is a CDN?

How content delivery networks make websites load faster, everywhere in the world.

What Is Bandwidth?

What bandwidth measures, and how it differs from speed.

What Is Uptime?

What uptime measures, and why 99.9% matters more than it sounds.