host

An organism that contains another organism.

An organism that contains another organism or a cloning vector.

In a network, the central computer which controls the remote computers and holds the central databases.

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The computer on which a program or other data resides.

A computer that is connected to a TCP/IP network.

1. In packet- and message-switching communications networks, the collection of hardware and software that makes use of packet or message switching to support user-to-user, i.e., end-to-end, communications, interprocess communications, and distributed data processing. [From Weik '89] 2. Synonym host computer. 3. A computer system attached to a network.

The host operating system, also known as Domains. The host environment runs the software for Fully virtualized and Fully virtualized guest systems.