Host: A computer on a network that provides services to other computers on the network. Unless you have your own server, you need a hosting company who provides a server or computer that is connected to the internet and makes your web pages available to the rest of the internet.

 

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Host: A computer on a network that provides services to other computers on the network. Unless you have your own server, you need a hosting company who provides a server or computer that is connec . . . View Full Definition

Asp Hosting: Web hosting that supports Active Server Pages, a server-side scripting environment from Microsoft.

Definitive Host: The host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place

Dead End Host: A host from which infectious agents are not transmitted to other susceptible hosts

Coldfusion Hosting: Web hosting that supports coldfusion, a web application language introduced by Allaire and currently owned by Macromedia.

Dedicated Hosting: Hosting option whereby the host provides and is responsible for the equipment, dedicating an entire server to the client's websites.

Ghost Images: Bright spots of light, often taking the shape of the aperture, which appear in the camera viewfinder or in the final photograph when a lens is pointed at a bright light like the sun. Ghost i . . . View Full Definition

Competence (For Hosts): The efficiency with which a host acquires and spreads a pathogen.

Ghost Effect: Sometimes when a radar signal hits a valid target, clutter may originate from multipath echoes created due to signal reflection from the ground, atmospheric particles or due to ionospheric r . . . View Full Definition

Ghost Festival: The Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, which is celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar, the festival is held the 14th night of the seventh lunar mont . . . View Full Definition