Your customers need to access your site 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To provide this, there are computers (also known as servers) that are permanently connected to the Internet and their sole purpose is to provide access to websites stored on them.
If you think about it, your website has to be stored on a computer somewhere. Most people don't store their websites on their home computer, because the majority of people turn off their computer when they go to bed. This would mean that your customers could only access your website when your computer was turned on, & what happens if you're on holiday, or your computer dies. It would mean your customers couldn't access your website until you fix the problem.
Your website is stored (hosted) on servers that are permanently connected to the Internet. Our servers have a 99% uptime (the 1% is for server & security updates), hosted on a fleet of multi processor, redundant servers, ensuring maximum performance for your website.
