Host
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Host or hosts may refer to:
In Christianity:
- Heavenly host, an army of good angels in Heaven
- Host (Holy Communion), bread in the Eucharist
In computer science:
- Bastion host, a machine that controls access between a private network and a public one
- Host computer, a computer system that provides services to other computing systems
- Hosts file, a file that serves to look up Internet Protocol addresses
- Smart host, a type of mail relay server which allows an SMTP server to route e-mail to an intermediate mail server
- Web host, a company or individual in web hosting who offers web space and sometimes a domain name
In fiction:
- Rutan Host, a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
- The Hosts, antagonists from White Wolf's Werewolf: The Forsaken roleplaying game
In politics:
- Cossack host, an administrative subdivision of Cossacks in Imperial Russia
- T. Parker Host, Sr., the mayor of Newport News, Virginia from September 3, 1940 to February 13, 1942
In science:
- Host (biology), an organism that harbors a parasite, mutual partner, or commensal partner
- Host (psychology), the most important mental entity in someone who has Dissociative Identity Disorder
In television:
- Game show host, a profession involving the hosting of gameshows
- Horror host, a particular type of television presenter
In other fields:
- Host (album), a 1999 album by the band Paradise Lost
- Host (event), a television or radio show
- Hosts (novel), a Repairman Jack novel by F. Paul Wilson
- Host galaxy, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus at its core
- Host Station, a railway station on Melbourne's suburban rail network
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