A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it.
Host may also refer to:
Places
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Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County
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Host Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica
People
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Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman
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Michel Host (1942–2021), French writer
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"Host", an author abbreviation in botany for Nicolaus Thomas Host
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional entities
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Hosts ( World of Darkness), fictional characters in game Werewolf: The Forsaken
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Hosts, alien invaders and overlords in the TV series Colony
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Avenging Host, a group of characters in Marvel Comics' Earth X series of comic books
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Rutan Host, fictional aliens from Doctor Who
Literature
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Host, the third novel in the Rogue Mage series by Faith Hunter
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Host, a 1993 book by Peter James
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Hosts (novel), a 2001 book written by American author F. Paul Wilson
Music
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H.O.S.T., an Azerbaijani hip-hop group
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Host (Critters Buggin album), 1996
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Host (Paradise Lost album), 1999
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Host (Cults album), 2020
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"Host", a song from the b-side of the 1999 single "Cave" by Muse
Other art and media
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Host (film), a 2020 horror film directed by Rob Savage
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Hosts (film), a 2020 horror film directed by Adam Leader and Richard Oakes
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Host (painting), a 1996 painting by Ellen Gallagher
Computing and technology
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Host (network), a computer participating in a computer network
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hosts (file), mapping hostnames to IP addresses
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host (Unix), a command
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Hostname
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Internet hosting service
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Virtual host, hosting multiple domain names on a single server
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In hardware virtualization a host machine runs a virtual machine
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UOL HOST, a webhosting service
Groups or formations
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Cossack host, military formations of Eastern Europe
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Hueste, or host, a type of military force in the Iberian Peninsula and France during the Middle Ages
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Furious Host or the Wild Hunt, a European folk myth
Religion
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Heavenly host, an "army" of good angels in Heaven
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Lord of hosts, a common epithet of the God of the Old Testament
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Sacramental bread, called the host or hostia, used in Christian liturgy
Roles
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Host (radio), the presenter or announcer on a radio show
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Television presenter, the host or announcer on a television show
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Casino host
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Host, a paid male companion at a host club offering conversation and entertainment, primarily in East Asia
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Maître d'hôtel (Maître d') or head waiter of a restaurant or hotel
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Master of ceremonies
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Talk show host, a presenter of a TV or radio talk show
Science
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Host (biology), an organism harboring another organism or organisms on or in itself
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Host (psychology), personality as emphasized in treating dissociative identity disorder
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Host (astronomy), the interactions and analysis of a star-planet relationship
See also
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Hostess (disambiguation)
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Hosting (disambiguation)
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The Host (disambiguation)
