The words UNIX and Linux are not new to the world of computer professionals and even for the layman worldwide. Both are computer OS and UNIX was originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs. It is also classified as a multi-tasking interactive and multi-user OS (computer operating system). Mainly it is used to control the data storage, communications, and information process capabilities of the computer hardware. It has got three main parts comprising of kernel, shell, and file system.
Likewise Unix, Linux is also an operating system that is similar to UNIX and one of the leading server operating system in the world. It can be installed on a wide variety of systems from computer hardware to mobile phones and tablet computers and video game consoles to mainframes. Also Linux is the OS for the 10 supercomputers in the world. Linux was created by a programmer Linus Torvalds when he was a student and gave it the name Linux. He was interested in Unix and Minix and modified into make Linux. It also allows anyone to access its code and further develop on it for commercial or non-commercial purposes under special copyright, but no one allowed to profit from it.
When it comes to think about cheap and reliable web hosting platforms, Linux and Unix operating systems will come to our mind automatically. These are the most common low-budget hosting platforms today. Linux and Unix web hosts are almost similar in their approach. The competition in the world of cheap hosting was enabled by these two operating system and provide large amount of space in their hosting plans with lot of extra features.
Some companies like DB Multimedia in Canada, Aplus.net, AIT, 1&1 internet, HostGator, IKF Web site hosting operated from India and the US, which offers other than servers co-located at leading data centers in India and USA are offering reliable services with features such as latest powerful operating system server, 99.9% network uptime, 100% fully redundant/fail over net work, customized control panel, and lot of free offers.
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