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Host may or may not refer to:
In religion
- Host (Holy Communion), bread in the Eucharist
- Heavenly host, in the Bible, a "chorus or army of angels"
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)
- Host-guest chemistry, a host molecule, such as a receptor, accepts a guest molecule
In computing:
- Host computer, a server that has a hostname in computing
- Web host, a company or individual in web hosting 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)
- "Hosts" may refer to the hosts file, a file that serves to look up Internet Protocol addresses
In culture:
- Game show host
- Talk show host
- Host, or Master of Ceremonies or presenter, of a television or radio show
- Hosts (novel), a Repairman Jack novel by the author F. Paul Wilson
- Host (album), a 1999 album by the band Paradise Lost
- An employee at a Japanese host club
[edit] See also
- The Host, the name of several things
