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hosted

/ˈhəʊstɪd/

Meanings
  • Verb

    To provide lodging or entertainment for (guests or a crowd).

    - "The hotel hosts many guests every night."
    - "The company hosted a dinner for its employees."
  • Verb

    To manage, maintain, or operate (a website, a blog, or a server).

    - "My website is hosted by GoDaddy."
    - "The company's IT department hosts the email server."

Synonyms

presenter
Rhymes
Words rhyming with hosted
posted , costed , masted , chastened , astonished
Variants
List of all variants of hosted that leads to same result
host , hosted , hosting , hosts , co-host , co-hosted , co-hosting , co-hosts , cohost , cohosted , cohosting , cohosts
Forms
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past tense: hosted, past participle: hosted, present participle: hosting


Etymology
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From the Old French word 'hoster' meaning 'to receive, entertain', or from the Middle English word 'hosten' meaning 'to keep, preserve'.


Trivia
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  1. The term 'web hosting' first appeared in 1993 in a document called 'World Wide Web: Proposal for a HyperText project'.

  2. The largest known website, as of 2021, is the Library of Congress website, which contains over 1 petabyte of data.


Related Concepts
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  1. Web hosting: A service that allows individuals and organizations to publish their websites on the internet.

  2. Event hosting: The act of organizing and managing an event, such as a party, conference, or seminar.


Culture
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In literature, 'hosted' is often used to describe the act of providing hospitality or entertainment, such as in the phrase 'hosting a party'. In the context of technology, it is used to describe the act of managing and maintaining a website or server.

How to Memorize "hosted"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a person welcoming guests into their home or a website being accessed by users.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'hosted' with the idea of providing a space or service for others.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Hospitality Offers Succulent Tasty Entertaining' to remember the meaning of 'hosted'.


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