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Ansible vs Hosts - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between ansible and hosts

is that ansible is (science fiction) a hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device while hosts is .

ansible

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (science fiction) A hypothetical device that enables users to communicate instantaneously across great distances; that is, a faster-than-light communication device.
  • * 1966 , '', reprinted in ''Worlds of Exile and Illusion , Macmillan (1996), ISBN 978-0-312-86211-4, page 25:
    • “You remember the ansible , the machine I showed you in the ship, which can speak instantly to other worlds, with no loss of years–”
  • * 1985 , , reprinted by Macmillan (2002), ISBN 978-0-765-34229-4, page 251:
    • “”
  • * 2008 , , Victory Conditions , reprint by Random House (2009), ISBN 9780345491626, page 39,
    • Ky had allotted two hours here, time to strip the news from the ansible , share it, even discuss it, but she didn’t plan to have everyone clustered and vulnerable.

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    hosts

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