Difference between revisions of "Host"
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==Server host== | ==Server host== | ||
| − | The word | + | The word originally referred to "terminal hosts," which were mainframe computers (or their software) providing time-shared services to several smaller or less capable devices, such as dumb terminals incapable of running their own services. A network host in this sense generally acts as a [[web server]], running application software to provide network services, such as serving up [[web page]]s. |
==Client host== | ==Client host== | ||
