by Pupluv March 3, 2022

The computer file hosts is an operating system file that maps hostnames to IP addresses. It is a plain text file. Originally a file named HOSTS.TXT was manually maintained and made available via file sharing by Stanford Research Institute for the ARPANET membership, containing the hostnames and address of hosts as contributed for inclusion by member organizations. The Domain Name System, first described in 1983 and implemented in 1984,1 automated the publication process and provided instantaneous and dynamic hostname resolution in the rapidly growing network. In modern operating systems, the hosts file remains an alternative name resolution mechanism, configurable often as part of facilities such as the Name Service Switch as either the primary method or as a fallback method.
by kubilay12344 July 17, 2017

by bigman2323 April 29, 2023

Egregiously breaking international law, getting caught, and taking it out on a sissy country that's overly dependent on your tech through a series of thinly-veiled cyber attacks.
by humbledog December 10, 2018

You have been blue hosted when you are told how awesome and amazing their web hosting is only to have your website turned off for days. Similar to blue balls in the sense that you get all turned on only to get shut down.
by blueballercaller April 18, 2014

by Sexydimma December 10, 2014

if n-host is your motto, you are probably a close-minded individual; if you personally haven't heard of something it doesn't mean that it doesn't or can't exist or that science has never heard of it.
by Sexydimma March 8, 2015
