Host

Host (masculine) and hostess (feminine) most often refer to a person responsible for guests at an event or providing hospitality during it.

Host may also refer to:

Places

Armies and hosts of Middle-earth warfare, fictional entities in J.R.R. Tolkiens' works
Avenging Host, a group of characters in Marvel Comics' Earth X series of comic books
Rutan Host, fictional aliens from Doctor Who
Hosts (World of Darkness), fictional characters in game Werewolf: The Forsaken
Hosts, alien invaders and overlords in the TV series Colony

Host, the third novel in the Rogue Mage series by Faith Hunter
Host, a 1993 book by Peter James
Hosts (novel), a 2001 book written by American author F. Paul Wilson
The Hosts of Rebecca, a 1960 novel by Alexander Cordell about the Rebecca Riots

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, in hardware virtualization, a machine on which a virtual machine runs

Cossack host, an 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
Host, a great number; multitude
Host, an archaic military term for an army

Host (biology), an organism harboring another organism or organisms on or in itself
Host (psychology), personality as emphasized in treating dissociative identity disorder