Look up: host

1. host
   1. (networking) A computer connected to a network. The term node includes devices such as routers and printers which would not normally be called 'hosts'. 2. (communications) A computer to which one connects using a terminal emulator. (1995-02-16)
   Found on http://foldoc.org/host
   
   
2. HOST
   Something that provides a hospitable environment within which agents reside. This can be a specific part of the operating system or it can be recursive and provided by another agent.
   Found on http://www.glossarycentral.com/p2p/host.
   
   
3. host
   Organism which serves as the habitat for a parasite, or possibly for a symbiont. A host may provide nutrition to the parasite or symbiont, or simply a place in which to live.
   Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl
   
   
4. Host
   Any plant material that will support a parasite. Oak trees will host mistletoe that will create damage and oaks can also host Spanish moss that does no harm.
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5. Host
   1. In genetics, the organism, typically a bacterium, into which a gene from another organism is transplanted. 2. In medicine, an animal infected or parasitized by another organism.
   Found on http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/
   
   
6. Host
   An organism that contains another organism.
   Found on http://filebox.vt.edu/cals/cses/chagedor
   
   
7. host
   A plant that supports the growth and development of the parasite that has infected it.
   Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary
   
   
8. Host
   An Internet company providing storage space for web sites on their server computer(s).
   Found on http://www.mantex.co.uk/samples/glo-2.ht
   
   
9. Host
   Organism that furnishes food, shelter or other benefits to another organism of a different species.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
10. host
    [Verb] To look after visitors or guests.
    Example: The school asked for families to host visiting children from France.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
    
    
11. host
    [n] - (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor 2. [n] - a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there 3. [n] - the owner or manager of an inn 4. [n] - any organiz...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
    
    
12. Host
    A remote machine whose contents can be accessed via the TCP/IP network.
    Found on http://www.multimania.co.uk/support/glos
    
    
13. Host
    (NETWORK GLOSSARY) Computer system on a network. Similar to the terms device or node except that host usually implies a computer system, whereas device and node generally apply to any networked system, including communication servers and routers.
    Found on http://www.instrument-net.co.uk/newworkg
    
    
14. Host
    A domain name that has an IP address record associated with it; any computer system connected to the Internet.
    Found on http://www.everlands.co.uk/glossary.htm
    
    
15. Host
    A computer that houses, serves and maintains files for a website. A critical element in any hosting solution is a fast connection to the Internet.
    Found on http://www.bgateway.com/bdotg/action/glo
    
    
16. Host
    from a user's point of view, a host is a computer or service which allows you access to the Internet. - more technically, it is a computer running a protocol stack which is connected to a network - each host has a numeric address which is unique to the network, and usually a host name as well - in t...
    Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/
    
    
17. Host
    A computer that is connected to a TCP/IP network, including the Internet.
    Found on http://www.net-progress.co.uk/glossary.h
    
    
18. Host
    The controlling computer
    Found on http://www.amplicon.co.uk/info/glossary.
    
    
19. HOST
    The host is a computer with a Web server that serves the pages for one or more Web sites. A host can also be the company that provides that service, which is known as hosting. 4) In other contexts, the term generally means a device or program that provides services to some smaller or less capable device or program.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20632
    
    
20. HOST
    A term used in AREXX programming. A Host is the program used to execute a particular command, such as a paint package to batch convert a sequence of images.
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/h.html
    
    
21. Host
    1.A computer system accessed by a user from a remote location. In the case of two computer systems connected via modem, the 'host' is the system containing the data and the 'remote' is the computer at which the user is working. 2.A computer that is connected to a TCP/IP network, including the Intern...
    Found on http://www.pcblues.co.uk/help_glossary.h
    
    
22. host
    A molecular entity that forms complexes with organic or inorganic guests, or a chemical species that can accommodate guests within cavities of its crystal structure. Examples include cryptands and crowns (where there are ion-dipole attractions between heteroatoms and positive ions), hydrogen-bonded ...
    Found on http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/gtpoc/H
    
    
23. Host
    The primary or controlling computer in a multiple part system.
    Found on http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/flowme
    
    
24. HOST
    Healthcare Open Systems and Trials
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20895
    
    
25. Host
    Host: 1. The organism from which a parasite obtains its nutrition and/or shelter. 2. An organism or cell culture in which a virus can replicate itself. 3. The transplant recipient of a tissue or organ graft.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.