Host

Host

Host(s) may refer to:

In Christianity:
* Heavenly host, an army of good angels in Heaven
* Host (Holy Communion), bread in the Eucharist

In culture:
* Host (event), a television or radio show presenter
* "Host" (album), a 1999 album by the band Paradise Lost
* "Host" (film), a 1998 TV Sci-Fi Thriller film starring Peter Gallagher and Mimi Rogers
* "Hosts" (novel), a Repairman Jack novel by F. Paul Wilson
* Hosts ("World of Darkness"), antagonists from "Werewolf: The Forsaken" roleplaying game
* Rutan Host, a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who"

In computing:
* Network host, in computer networking, a computer connected to the Internet
* Terminal host, a multi-user computer or software providing services to computer terminals, or a computer that provides services to smaller or less capable devices. Example: Xhost.
* Hosts file, a file that serves to look up Internet Protocol addresses
* Smart host, a type of mail relay server which allows an SMTP server to route e-mail to an intermediate mail server
* Internet hosting service, a company or individual who offers the services of servers for providing content on the Internet

In science:
* Host (biology), an organism that harbors a parasite, mutual partner, or commensal partner
* Host (psychology), the most important mental entity in someone who has Dissociative Identity Disorder

In other usage:
* Host (restaurant), a Maître d'
* Host station, a railway station on Melbourne's suburban rail network
* Host, Vis, a small island near Vis, Croatia

See also

* The Host (disambiguation)
* Hostess (disambiguation)


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  • Host — Host …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Host — • Archaeological and historical aspects Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Host     Host     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • host — host·al; host·ess ship; host·ing; host·less; host·ly; kink·host; host; non·host; host·ess; …   English syllables

  • Host — (h[=o]st), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. host, ost, fr. L. hostis enemy, LL., army. See {Guest}, and cf. {Host} a landlord.] 1. An army; a number of men gathered for war. [1913 Webster] A host so great as covered all the field. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Host — [hoʊst] (englisch „Wirt“, „Gastgeber“) steht für: Host (Datenbankanbieter), Computer, der im Internet Datenbanken zur Verfügung stellt Host (Informationstechnik), Computer, der Dienste in einem Rechnernetz zur Verfügung stellt ein Gerät mit IP… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Host — 〈[ hoʊst] m. 6〉 1. 〈kurz für〉 Hostcomputer 2. Adresse im Internet [engl., eigtl. „Gastgeber“] * * * Host [hoʊst ], der; [s], s [engl. host ↑ (Hostess)] (EDV): (in einem System von Computern od. Terminals) Zentralrechner mit permanenter… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • host — Ⅰ. host [1] ► NOUN 1) a person who receives or entertains guests. 2) the presenter of a television or radio programme. 3) a person, place, or organization that holds and organizes an event to which others are invited. 4) often humorous the… …   English terms dictionary

  • host — host1 [hōst] n. [ME hoste < OFr hoiste < ML(Ec) hostia, consecrated host < L, animal sacrificed, prob. < hostire, to recompense, requite] 1. a wafer of the bread used in a Eucharistic service 2. [H ] a consecrated Eucharistic wafer… …   English World dictionary

  • Host — (h[=o]st), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h[^o]te, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Höst — Høst ist der Name von Gerd Høst Heyerdahl (1915−2007), norwegische Schauspielerin, Schriftstellerin und Professorin für Germanistik Jens Kragh Høst (1772−1844), dänischer Jurist, Historiker und Übersetzer …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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