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Whose vs Whois - What's the difference?

whose | whois |

Whois is often a misspelling of whose.


Whois has no English definition.

As a pronoun whose

is of whom, belonging to whom; used as an interrogative pronoun.

whose

English

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • Of whom, belonging to whom; (used as an interrogative pronoun).
  • Of whom, belonging to whom; (used as a relative pronoun).
  • (=This man's dog caused the accident.)
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  • Of which, belonging to which; (used as a relative pronoun).
  • (=The roofs are falling off several houses we saw.)

    whois

    Translingual

    Alternative forms

    * Whois * WHOIS

    Noun

    (head)
  • An Internet protocol for finding information about Internet servers and domains.
  • An Internet protocol for finding information about a currently-online IRC user.
  • Any computer program (client) used for accessing information via a whois protocol.
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