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• In general English, a host is a person, organisation, animal, cell, computer or similar that receives guest s or intruder s.
• In biology, a host is an organism that harbors a parasite, mutual partner, or commensal partner, typically providing nourishment and shelter. See host (biology) for detail and also symbiosis.
• In psychology and mental health, a host is the most important (to therapeutic goals) mental entity in someone who has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder or MPD). See host (psychology) for detail;
• In Japan, a host is a male gigolo who provides an entertainment service for females. See host club (Japan) for detail.
• In informatics, host is synonymous with serverThis article is about computer servers. For the food service use, see waiter. In computing, a server is: A computer software application that carries out some task on behalf of users. This is usually divided into file serving, allowing users to store and.
• Host , an album released by the heavy metalHeavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified and distorted guitars, and the themes explored in heavy metal lyrics are often dark or sexually explicit. Heavy metal is a development of blues, blues ro/ goth metalGoth metal (also called Gothic metal is a crossover between doom metal , heavy metal music and goth music itself. It developed in the early 1990s in Europe and the United States. Goth metal has proven somewhat difficult to categorize. Some fans and musici band Paradise LostParadise Lost is a heavy metal/ goth metal band from Yorkshire, UK, founded in 1989 (see 1989 in music). They are part of the big three bands that popularised doom death metal. The other two bands are Anathema and My Dying Bride. Ironically, Paradise Lost in 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep.
• A host may also be a group, such as an army or a large number of people under a single cause or banner. The typical usage in English is like "a host of US troops invaded Iraq in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U". In the Bible, expressions like the heavenly host mean "chorus or army of angels". This is using a similar definition of host.
• In Roman Catholicism, the host is the transubstantiated bread in the Eucharist. See also viaticum.