#Shared hosting
Shared hosting is the most common type of hosting. If you just want to get a simple site up and you have no interest in learning about IT and systems administration then this is where you should start. Having said that spending a little bit learning about the different types of hosting and how it works could save you time in the long run.
With shared hosting the host creates you an account on their systems that will publish and run your website. The resources of the server or servers running the system are shared between all the sites hence the name. They wont try to specify the amount of RAM or CPU power that you will have available, this is normal and not something you should worry about (trust me on this for now). You will get a website you can log into where you can control the settings for the account, this is called a control panel and Cpanel is a brand of software for doing this and very widely used.
For people to access your website you need to have a domain