host computer

[ hohst kuhm-pyoo-ter ]

noun

1. another term for host.

Word History and Origins

Origin of host computer¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

It also contains a keylogger: if used to connect a keyboard to a host computer, the cable can record every keystroke that passes through it and save up to 650,000 key entries in its onboard storage for retrieval later.

From The Verge

David Monnier, a cybersecurity expert at Team Cymru, said DNS data can be “very useful” to law enforcement, particularly in helping spot instances when a host computer is infected “because once a computer is infected, it typically looks up for a command-and-control server … so you’ll often see that pattern of looking up a host every couple minutes, a kind of heartbeat.”

From Washington Post

The company says that the only requirements for Steam Link Anywhere are a good upload connection for the host computer, and a good network connection for the device you’re playing on.

From The Verge

They take up real estate and slow Web pages while they load; at worst, they splash across the screen for interminable seconds, shout loudly and unexpectedly from an invisible corner, or surreptitiously infest the host computer with malware.

From The New Yorker

Basically, the host computer sees Vault as a storage device, but in reality, Vault is a “proc system without any kernel drivers”.

From Forbes