A control panel is a web-based graphic interface that enables you to manage numerous features of your Internet hosting service. A few examples of the things that you will be able to do using this type of a software instrument are e-mail and file management, DNS records editing, URL forwarding, and many others. Since you will find various control panel brands, the services that you can control are also different and can also depend on the features that the hosting company provides. For example, you may have a particular option in one control panel and not in another, or it may take additional steps to do a specific task. Such an instrument provides you with the opportunity to use a point-and-click interface instead of inputting commands with complex syntax within a command line. Even though some users would prefer the aforementioned option, the majority of users enjoy the easier level of administration that a control panel can offer.