Virtual hosting
METHOD THAT SERVERS SUCH AS WEBSERVERS USE TO HOST MORE THAN ONE DOMAIN NAME ON THE SAME COMPUTER
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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.