Host

Host(s) may refer to:

In Christianity:
* Heavenly host, an army of good angels in Heaven
* Host (Holy Communion), bread in the Eucharist

In culture:
* Host (event), a television or radio show presenter
* "Host" (album), a 1999 album by the band Paradise Lost
* "Host" (film), a 1998 TV Sci-Fi Thriller film starring Peter Gallagher and Mimi Rogers
* "Hosts" (novel), a Repairman Jack novel by F. Paul Wilson
* Hosts ("World of Darkness"), antagonists from "Werewolf: The Forsaken" roleplaying game
* Rutan Host, a fictional extraterrestrial race from the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who"

In computing:
* Network host, in computer networking, a computer connected to the Internet
* Terminal host, a multi-user computer or software providing services to computer terminals, or a computer that provides services to smaller or less capable devices. Example: Xhost.
* Hosts file, a file that serves to look up Internet Protocol addresses
* Smart host, a type of mail relay server which allows an SMTP server to route e-mail to an intermediate mail server
* Internet hosting service, a company or individual who offers the services of servers for providing content on the Internet

In science:
* Host (biology), an organism that harbors a parasite, mutual partner, or commensal partner
* Host (psychology), the most important mental entity in someone who has Dissociative Identity Disorder

In other usage:
* Host (restaurant), a Maître d'
* Host station, a railway station on Melbourne's suburban rail network
* Host, Vis, a small island near Vis, Croatia

See also

* The Host (disambiguation)
* Hostess (disambiguation)