host computer
Definition
Main or controlling computer connected to other computers or terminals to which it provides data or computing services via a network. It is similar to a server in a client-server architecture. In the modern peer to peer networking (such as networking over the Internet) every computer is a peer and also a host to every other computer connected to the network. The name reflects the biological relationship between a host and parasites.
host computer is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security, Data Management, Communications, & Networks, E-Commerce, Information Science & Technology and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
host computer appears in the definitions of the following terms: download and transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP)
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