hosting
Throwing a party
Hosting is providing space, resources, or services for something to operate or occur.
A person hosts a party or guests; a server hosts a website; a city hosts the Olympics.
In computing, hosting typically refers to storing and serving websites or applications: We pay fifty dollars a month for web hosting.
A host organism hosts a parasite.
People received hospitably
- entertainingProviding amusement or enjoyment
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- warmthHeat you feel
- graciousnessCourteous, kind demeanor
cordiality · generosity · friendliness · invitation · courtesy · accommodation · service · geniality
Place of occurrence
- planningArranging for future events
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- cateringSupplying prepared meals professionally
- invitationsRequests to attend
ceremony · gala · conference · seminar · reception · banquet · festival · convention
One who attends tables
- domainArea of control
- websiteOnline page collection
- uptimeContinuous operational period
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
cloud · WordPress · CMS · SSL · firewall · cybersecurity · e-commerce · traffic
Interconnected system
- stationFixed stopping point
- channelPassage for transmission
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- presenterOne who delivers content
programming · telecast · airwaves · transmission · streaming · talk show · game show · live
Two-way biological benefit
- commensalismNeutral host, benefiting guest
- organismLiving biological entity
- beneficialProducing good results
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
ecosystem · cohabitation · interspecies · algae · lichen · coral · mycorrhizae · gut flora
One exploiting a host
- organismLiving biological entity
- vectorQuantity with direction
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- intermediateBetween two levels
definitive · infestation · pathogen · carrier · transmission · lifecycle · infection · disease
Organized digital information collection
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
scalability · redundancy · replication · architecture · processing · SQL · warehouse · ETL
guests
People received hospitably
- entertainingProviding amusement or enjoyment
- welcomeHospitable greeting offered
- warmthHeat you feel
graciousness · cordiality · generosity · friendliness · invitation · courtesy · accommodation · service · geniality · amiability
venue
Place of occurrence
- planningArranging for future events
- guestsPeople received hospitably
- cateringSupplying prepared meals professionally
invitations · ceremony · gala · conference · seminar · reception · banquet · festival · convention · summit
server
One who attends tables
bandwidth · cloud · WordPress · CMS · SSL · firewall · cybersecurity · e-commerce · traffic · analytics
network
Interconnected system
presenter · programming · telecast · airwaves · transmission · streaming · talk show · game show · live · studio
mutualism
Two-way biological benefit
- commensalismNeutral host, benefiting guest
- organismLiving biological entity
- beneficialProducing good results
cooperation · ecosystem · cohabitation · interspecies · algae · lichen · coral · mycorrhizae · gut flora · symbionts
parasite
One exploiting a host
intermediate · definitive · infestation · pathogen · carrier · transmission · lifecycle · infection · disease · malaria
database
Organized digital information collection
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
data center · scalability · redundancy · replication · architecture · processing · SQL · warehouse · ETL · colocation
- hospitalityhotels, warmth, kindness, welcome, guest
- home activitiescleaning, cooking, sleeping, bathing, eating
- interactiontalking, sharing, helping, meeting, joining
- performance skillsmagic, illusions, sleight of hand, juggling, mime
- service tasksserving, greeting, seating, booking, checking in
- Southern hospitalitywarm welcome, welcome, friendliness, neighborliness, good neighbor
hostingaccessing
Gaining entry to
requesting · consuming · connecting · downloading · browsing
- hostile environmentSurroundings posing active threats
- hostile workplaceAbusive professional setting
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
- hostile territoryArea controlled by adversaries
- web hostingServer space for websites
- hosting dutiesResponsibilities of welcoming guests