| comp., MS |
host computer (A computer that acts as a source of information or signals. The host computer provides services, such as news, mail, or data, to computers that connect to it. The term can refer to almost any kind of computer, from a centralized mainframe that is a host to its terminals, to a server that is host to its clients, to a desktop PC that is host to its devices, such as printers and scanners); host machine (A physical computer that is running virtualization software, such as Hyper-V, on which virtual machines can be deployed) |
