Hoster vs Hoister - What's the difference?
hoster | hoister |
(computing, Internet, neologism) A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.
* 2004 , (Reuters) news item at (CNet News) , 25 September 2004:
One who, or that which, hoists.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
As nouns the difference between hoster and hoister
is that hoster is (computing|internet|neologism) a provider of online hosting, especially web hosting while hoister is one who, or that which, hoists.hoster
English
Noun
(en noun)- Make sure your hoster provides a fast FTP access to your files.
- Microsoft sues Web hoster over spam
Synonyms
* hosting company * web host, webhostDerived terms
* web hoster, webhosterNoun
Verb
(head)hoister
English
Noun
(en noun)- putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, almost before Tashtego could have reached its interior bottom.