Host

A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it.

Host may also refer to:

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

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 (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
Cross compiler, also called a "host", a computer platform on which software development is done for a different target computer platform
UOL HOST, Universal Online's HOST webhosting service

Host, an archaic military term for an army
Host, a great number; multitude
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 (biology), an organism harboring another organism or organisms on or in itself
Host (psychology), personality as emphasized in treating dissociative identity disorder