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Hosting vs Ghosting - What's the difference?

hosting | ghosting |

In computing terms the difference between hosting and ghosting

is that hosting is running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf while ghosting is a problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses are not recognised.

As a verb hosting

is present participle of lang=en.

hosting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) Running and maintaining a computer system on someone's behalf.
  • (obsolete) A battle.

    • Derived terms

    * web hosting

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    ghosting

    English

    Noun

  • The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
  • The effect that interference caused by a multipath reception problem has on a television screen.
  • Ghost imaging.
  • A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
  • (computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses are not recognised.