host

<networking>

1. A computer connected to a network.

The term node includes devices such as routers and printers which would not normally be called "hosts".

<communications>

2. A computer to which one connects using a terminal emulator.

Last updated: 1995-02-16

Nearby terms:

hosed ♦ HOS-STPL ♦ host ♦ host adapter ♦ Host Command Facility ♦ Host Control Interface

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