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A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it.

Host may also refer to:

Places

  • Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County
  • Host Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica

People

  • Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman
  • Michel Host (1942–2021), French writer
  • "Host", an author abbreviation in botany for Nicolaus Thomas Host

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Hosts (World of Darkness), fictional characters in game Werewolf: The Forsaken
  • Hosts, alien invaders and overlords in the TV series Colony
  • Avenging Host, a group of characters in Marvel Comics' Earth X series of comic books
  • Rutan Host, fictional aliens from Doctor Who

Literature

  • Host, the third novel in the Rogue Mage series by Faith Hunter
  • Host, a 1993 book by Peter James
  • Hosts (novel), a 2001 book written by American author F. Paul Wilson

Music

  • H.O.S.T., an Azerbaijani hip-hop group
  • Host (Critters Buggin album), 1996
  • Host (Paradise Lost album), 1999
  • Host (Cults album), 2020
  • "Host", a song from the b-side of the 1999 single "Cave" by Muse

Other art and media

  • Host (film), a 2020 horror film directed by Rob Savage
  • Hosts (film), a 2020 horror film directed by Adam Leader and Richard Oakes
  • Host (painting), a 1996 painting by Ellen Gallagher

Computing and technology

  • Host (network), a computer participating in a computer network
  • hosts (file), mapping hostnames to IP addresses
  • host (Unix), a command
  • Hostname
  • Internet hosting service
  • Virtual host, hosting multiple domain names on a single server
  • In hardware virtualization a host machine runs a virtual machine
  • UOL HOST, a webhosting service

Groups or formations

  • Cossack host, military formations of Eastern Europe
  • Hueste, or host, a type of military force in the Iberian Peninsula and France during the Middle Ages
  • Furious Host or the Wild Hunt, a European folk myth

Religion

  • Heavenly host, an "army" of good angels in Heaven
  • Lord of hosts, a common epithet of the God of the Old Testament
  • Sacramental bread, called the host or hostia, used in Christian liturgy

Roles

  • Host (radio), the presenter or announcer on a radio show
  • Television presenter, the host or announcer on a television show
  • Casino host
  • Host, a paid male companion at a host club offering conversation and entertainment, primarily in East Asia
  • Maître d'hôtel (Maître d') or head waiter of a restaurant or hotel
  • Master of ceremonies
  • Talk show host, a presenter of a TV or radio talk show

Science

  • Host (biology), an organism harboring another organism or organisms on or in itself
  • Host (psychology), personality as emphasized in treating dissociative identity disorder
  • Host (astronomy), the interactions and analysis of a star-planet relationship

See also

  • Hostess (disambiguation)
  • Hosting (disambiguation)
  • The Host (disambiguation)