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hostmasks

hostmasks is the plural of hostmask.

Meaning of hostmask

Noun

hostmask (plural hostmasks)

  1. (Internet) On IRC, a partial address that matches a number of hosts.
    • The channel operator banned the hostmask *!*@*example.com, so nobody could connect from example.com any more.

Questions about hostmasks

What is hostmasks the plural of?
Hostmasks is the plural of hostmask.

Words near hostmasks in the dictionary

  1. hostles
  2. hostless
  3. hostling
  4. hostly
  5. hostmask
  6. hostmasks
  7. hostmaster
  8. hostmasters
  9. hostname
  10. hostnames
  11. Hostomel

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hostmasks (page history and authors); hostmask (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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