Host

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Host or hosts may refer to:

  • Host or sacramental bread
  • Host (biology) — organism harboring another organism on or in itself
  • Host (psychology) — "personality" emphasized in treating dissociative identity disorder
  • Host (radio), the presenter or announcer on a radio show
  • Host, (sometimes hostess, in feminine form) — the presenter for an event
  • Host, headwaiter (Maître d' or Maître d'hôtel) of a restaurant or hotel

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[edit] Computer networking

  • Host (Unix), a command-line Unix command
  • Host (network), in computer networking
  • Hosts file — a computer file used to store information on where to find a node on a computer network
  • Internet hosting service — a service that runs Internet servers allowing organizations and individuals to serve content to the Internet

[edit] An army, group, or formation

[edit] Fictional military hosts

[edit] Titles of expressive works

[edit] Other

  • Host station, railway stations in Melbourne, Australia with toilets etc.

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