Host
# Host

A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it.

Host may also refer to:

## Places

* Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County

## People

* Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman
* Michel Host (1942–2021), French writer
* "Host", an author abbreviation in botany for Nicolaus Thomas Host

## Arts, entertainment, and media

### Fictional entities

* Hosts (World of Darkness), fictional characters in game Werewolf: The Forsaken
* Hosts, alien invaders and overlords in the TV series Colony
* Avenging Host, a group of characters in Marvel Comics' Earth X series of comic books
* Rutan Host, fictional aliens from Doctor Who

### Film

* Host (film), a 2020 horror film directed by Rob Savage

### Literature

* Host, the third novel in the Rogue Mage series by Faith Hunter
* Host, a 1993 book by Peter James
* Hosts (novel), a 2001 book written by American author F. Paul Wilson

### Music

* H.O.S.T., an influential hip-hop group in Azerbaijan
* Host (Critters Buggin album), 1996
* Host (Paradise Lost album), 1999
* Host (Cults album), 2020
* "Host", a song from the b-side of the 1999 single "Cave" by Muse

## Computing and technology

* Host (network), a computer providing services
   * hosts (file), mapping hostnames to IP addresses
   * host (Unix), a command
   * Internet hosting service
   * Virtual host, hosting multiple domain names on a single server
* In hardware virtualization a host machine runs a virtual machine
* UOL HOST, a webhosting service

## Groups or formations

* Cossack host, military formations of Eastern Europe
* Hueste, or host, a type of military force in the Iberian Peninsula and France during the Middle Ages
* Furious Host or the Wild Hunt, a European folk myth

## Religion

* Heavenly host, an "army" of good angels in Heaven
* Lord of hosts, a common epithet of the God of the Old Testament
* Sacramental bread, called the host or hostia, used in Christian liturgy

## Roles

* Host (radio), the presenter or announcer on a radio show
* Television presenter, the host or announcer on a television show
* Casino host
* Host, a paid male companion at a host club offering conversation and entertainment, primarily in East Asia
* Maître d'hôtel (Maître d') or head waiter of a restaurant or hotel
* Master of ceremonies
* Talk show host, a presenter of a TV or radio talk show

## Science

* Host (biology), an organism harboring another organism or organisms on or in itself
* Host (psychology), personality as emphasized in treating dissociative identity disorder
* Host (astronomy), the interactions and analysis of a star-planet relationship
