| Also known as a node,
a host is one or more networked
computers
that have been
setup to
handle each of the
users who
are visiting it and/or requesting information from it. A host is
often responsible for many different responsibilities, for example a
host may be responsible for handling each of the computer
game
players
in an
online game or for sending users a web
page on the
Internet.
Each computer connected to the host computer is known as a
client. Also see: Client,
Host priority,
Hostname, Network
definitions, Node address, Server, Vhost,
Web host |
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