Host

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 influential hip-hop group in Azerbaijan
• 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
• 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)