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Web Hosting Glossary - D

Data Transfer
This is the amount of data that is transferred from an account as visitors view the pages of the web site. If John Doe has a web site with lots of video, audio, and images that gets many visitors per day, he would have to make sure that he chooses a host that will allow his large amounds of data to be transferred. If he chooses a host that only allowed 200 MB of data transfer per month, and his site transferred 500 MB per month, then the host may stop half of his visitors from viewing his site and he could lose potential customers. Your best bet is to try to find a host that offers unlimited data transfer or at least a Gig of transfer. A gig is more than enough for most web sites.

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