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Beginner's questions

What is hosting?

What is a domain name?

What are mailboxes (mail accounts)? What is SMTP and POP3?

What are scripts (PHP, ASP, Perl, CGI etc)?

What are databases?

Creating your website

How do I create my web site?

What is HTML?

How do I put my website on the server?

What is website builder?

Multimedia

What do I need to host multimedia content on my server?

What is streaming?

Other hosting options

What is image hosting?

What are Frontpage extensions?

Adult hosting

Can I host adult content on my server?

Choosing the provider

How do I choose a hosting provider?

What is storage size? How much do I need?

What is bandwidth or data transfer? How much do I need?

What is admin panel?

Can I host my website at my home computer?

Advanced questions

What are nameservers?

Shared or dedicated?

Managed or unmanaged?

Linux, Unix or Windows?

eCommerce

What is a shopping cart?

What it a SSL certificate? Do I need it?

Running a hosting company

How do I start my own hosting company?

What are affiliate programs?

What is reseller hosting?

Useful webmaster resources:
The Affordable Web Hosting Guide, Web Hosting Providers Reviewed