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dehost

dehost verb: to cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.

Verb

dehost (third-person singular simple present dehosts, present participle dehosting, simple past and past participle dehosted)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.
    • Traceroute for the domain returns a "DNS Authoritative: Host not found". […] Might this be compatible with the owner having 'dehosted' the domain?2012 May 12, Iain Archer, “Re: Police pursuits”, in uk.legal.moderated (Usenet)
  2. (transitive) To separate (a CRS or GDS) from the internal reservation system of an airline.

Forms of dehost

third-person singular presentdehosts
present participledehosting
past participledehosted
pastdehosted
alternative formde-host

Origin of dehost

From de- + host.

Questions about dehost

What does dehost mean?
Dehost means to cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.
What part of speech is dehost?
Dehost is a verb.
What is the past tense of dehost?
The past tense of dehost is dehosted.

Words near dehost in the dictionary

  1. dehospitalizations
  2. dehospitalize
  3. dehospitalized
  4. dehospitalizes
  5. dehospitalizing
  6. dehost
  7. dehosted
  8. dehosting
  9. dehosts
  10. dehouse
  11. dehoused

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