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cohost en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English host English cohost From co- + host.

Meanings

  1. A joint host alongside another (compare costar).
    • It’s exactly what you’d expect from the cohosts of “Door, Bumper, Clear,” the weekly podcast featuring Griffin, Majors and Kraft, along with host Casey Boat and producer Jason Schultz, with the podcast produced by Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Dirty Mo Media company. It’s this kind of candor that has made DBC so popular with an almost cultlike following. 2022 March 11, Jordan Bianchi, “‘Door, Bumper, Clear’: The unfiltered NASCAR podcast that isn’t afraid to speak its mind”, in The New York Times:
    • A morning TV anchor in Oklahoma apologized a day after likening her black cohost to a gorilla. 2019 August 27, Mallory Simon, “TV anchor apologizes after comparing black cohost to a gorilla”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cohosts Number=Plur lexicographic
co-host alternative lexicographic

Translations (6)

fi juontajapari (joint host) · ru соведу́щий (joint host) · cmn 聯合主辦方 /联合主办方 (joint host) · cmn 共同主人 (joint host) · ru соведу́щая (joint host) · cmn 搭檔主持人 /搭档主持人 (joint host)

cohost en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English host English cohost From co- + host.

Meanings

  1. To act as a joint host.
  2. (transitive) To store data or applications on a shared server (as in web hosting).
    • If you choose to cohost specific components on the same server (e.g., VMM server and database), please keep in mind that each has its own performance characteristics and resource requirements. 2011, Michael Michael, Hector Linares, Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, →ISBN, page 52:
    • Generally speaking, in a shared computing system, such as a server farm shared by multiple cohosted Web sites, common resources can be categorized into two different types: those shared in time and those shared in space. 2006, Hossein Bidgoli, Handbook of Information Security:
    • However, it is not a Microsoft-recommended installation path and you should build your CAs on their own servers; try not to cohost them with other roles whenever possible. 2016, Jordan Krause, Mastering Windows Server 2016, →ISBN, page 115:
    • For small and midsize scenarios, which commonly address an environment with a small number of users and few packages in a single geographical site, you might cohost all of the roles on a single server. 2015, Byron Wright, Brian Svidergol, Virtualizing Desktops and Apps with Windows Server 2012 R2 Inside Out, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cohosted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cohosted Tense=Past lexicographic
cohosting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cohosts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
co-host alternative lexicographic

Translations (9)

fi ylläpitää ~ samalla palvelimella (store data on a shared server) · fi toimia juontajaparina (act as a joint host) · es coanfitrión (act as a joint host) · cmn 聯合主辦 /联合主办 (act as a joint host) · cmn 搭檔主持 /搭档主持 (act as a joint host) · cmn 共同招待 (act as a joint host) · cmn 分布式存儲 /分布式存储 (store data on a shared server) · es coanfitriona (act as a joint host) · fi hostata ~ samalla palvelimella (store data on a shared server)