Host
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Template:Wiktionary The term host can refer to a person, organisation, or similar that receives guests or intruders. It may also refer to:
In science:
- Host (biology), an organism that harbors a parasite, mutual partner, or commensal partner; or a cell infected by a virus
- Host (psychology), the most important mental entity in someone who has Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder)
- In host-guest chemistry, a host molecule, such as a receptor, can receive a guest
In technology:
- Host computer that has a hostname in computing
- Hosts file, a file that serves to look up Internet Protocol addresses
- Web host, a company or individual who offers web space and sometimes a domain name
- Bastion host, a machine that controls access between a private network and a public one (such as the Internet)
- Other uses
- Master of Ceremonies (host) of a television or radio show
- Host club (Japan), in which a host or hostess provides escort services
- Host (album), an album by the band Paradise Lost
- Host (Holy Communion), bread in the Eucharist
- Heavenly host, in the Bible, a "chorus or army of angels"
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