Host

Host (masculine) and hostess (feminine) most often refer to a person responsible for guests at an event or providing hospitality during it, or to an event's presenter or master or mistress of ceremonies. Host or hosts may also refer to:

Host (biology), an organism harboring another organism or organisms on or in itself
Sacramental bread, called the host or hostia, used in Christian liturgy
Host (psychology), personality as emphasized in treating dissociative identity disorder
Host (radio), the presenter or announcer on a radio show
Talk show host, a presenter of a TV or radio talk show
Presenter, a person or organization responsible for the running of a public event
the Maître d'hôtel (Maître d') or head waiter of a restaurant or hotel

Computing

Host (development), a computer platform on which software development is done for a different target computer platform
Host (network), a computer connected to the Internet or another IP-based network
- Hosts file, a computer file to be used to store information on where to find an internet host on a computer network
- host (Unix), a command-line Unix command
- Internet hosting service, a service that runs Internet servers allowing organizations and individuals to serve content to the Internet
- Virtual host, allowing several DNS names to share the same IP address
Host (virtualization), a machine on which a virtual machine runs

Groups or formations

Cossack hosts comprised organic and administrative subdivision of Cossacks in Imperial Russia. Host names reflected location or origin.
Furious Host or the Wild Hunt, a European folk myth
Heavenly host, an "army" of good angels in Heaven
- Lord of hosts, a common epithet of the God of the Old Testament
a great number; multitude
(Military) an archaic word for army

Fictional military hosts

The Hosts of Rebecca, a 1960 novel by Alexander Cordell about the Rebecca Riots
Avenging Host, a group of characters in Marvel Comics Earth X series of comic books
Rutan Host, fictional aliens from Doctor Who
J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Armies and hosts of Middle-earth warfare
Hosts (World of Darkness), fictional characters in game Werewolf: The Forsaken

People with the surname

Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman
Michel Host (born 1942), French writer

Titles of works

Host (Paradise Lost album), 1999
Host (Critters Buggin album), 1996
Hosts (novel), a 2001 book written by American author F. Paul Wilson
Host, a 1993 book by Peter James
Host, the third novel in the Rogue Mage series by Faith Hunter

Other uses

"Host", an author abbreviation in botany for Nicolaus Thomas Host
Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County
H.O.S.T., an influential hip-hop group in Azerbaijan