Term: HOST
In the mainframe and minicomputer environments, a host or host computer is a machine that provides processing capabilities for attached terminals or nodes. The term used in the Internet community to describe any device attached to the network that provides application level service (i.e., a machine that one can log in to and do useful work). A router is not a host. Any computer on a network that is a repository for services available to other computers on the network. It is quite common to have one host machine provide several services, such as WWW and USENET.
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