Host

"Server: (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network " (WordNet 2.1).

A database host is a server containing a number of electronic databases. A major example is Dialog

Literature:

WordNet 2.1: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=host

See also: Dialog

Birger Hjørland

Last edited: 17-10-2006

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