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self-host

self-host verb: to host something, such as a website, without the use of a third party.

Verb

self-host (third-person singular simple present self-hosts, present participle self-hosting, simple past and past participle self-hosted)

  1. (Internet, ambitransitive) To host something, such as a website, without the use of a third party.
    • If you self-host your website, you protect it from censorship.
    • When you self-host, you have complete control over your infrastructure and data.2024 November 4, Anthony Sidashin, “Self-hosted is awesome”, in Pixeljets

Forms of self-host

third-person singular presentself-hosts
present participleself-hosting
past participleself-hosted
pastself-hosted

Origin of self-host

From self- + host.

Questions about self-host

What does self-host mean?
Self-host means to host something, such as a website, without the use of a third party.
What part of speech is self-host?
Self-host is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-host?
The past tense of self-host is self-hosted.

Words near self-host in the dictionary

  1. self-helpy
  2. self-heterodyne
  3. self-homeomorphism
  4. self-homeomorphisms
  5. self-homicide
  6. self-host
  7. self-hosted
  8. self-hosting
  9. self-hosts
  10. self-hunter
  11. self-hunters

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