hoist

n : apparatus for lifting heavy or cumbersome objects

v 1: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist

the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: {lift}, {wind}]

2: move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the

patient onto the operating table"

3: raise, as of flags or sails [syn: {run up}]

host

1. A computer connected to a {network}.

The term {node} includes devices such as routers and printers

which would not normally be called "hosts".

2. A computer to which one connects using a

{terminal emulator}.

(1995-02-16)