Noun

(en noun)

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Shakespeare)

Time is like a fashionable host , / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.

One that provides a facility for an event.

A person or organization responsible for running an event.

A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.

(computing, Internet) A in a network.

(computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.

(biology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke

, title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts : rodents.}}

(evolutionism, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.

Consecrated bread such as that used in the Christian ceremony of the Eucharist.

A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.

Noun

(en noun)

A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)

* 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), '', book 3, ch. X, ''Plugson of Undershot

Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!

* 2001 , Carlos Parada, Hesione 2 , Greek Mythology Link

the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.

A large number of items; a large inventory.

A host of parts for my Model A.

Noun

(en noun)

(Catholicism) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.

Noun

(en noun)

Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.

The router directed the movement of the company's trucks.

* {{quote-book, 1930, Edwin A. Godley and Alexander Kaylin, Control of Retail Store Operations citation

, passage=When the router receives the package, he places the route number on it as well as on the triplicate part of the attached salescheck.}}

* {{quote-book, 1963, Louis J. von Rago, Production Analysis and Control citation

, passage=Obviously, the production control department might consist of one man or it might occupy a score of production control experts: routers , schedulers, expediters, and dispatchers.}}

* {{quote-book, 1990, Mary Kay Allen and Omar Keith Helferich, Putting Expert Systems to Work in Logistics citation

, passage=The system benefits include reduced delivery costs, increased vehicle use, and improved route decision making by dispatchers and routers .}}

(telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection]] layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to [[IP, Internet Protocol routers.

(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.

The router was configured to forward packets outside of a certain range of IP addresses to its internet uplink port.

(electronics, electronic design automation) In integrated circuit or printed circuit board design, an algorithm for adding all wires needed to properly connect all of the placed components while obeying all design rules.

Noun

(en noun)

A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.

He made an attractive edge on the table with a router .

A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.

A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.