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Common platforms:
Common platforms:


Several versions of [[Microsoft Windows]] (both workstation and server roles)
Several versions of [[Microsoft Windows | Windows]] (both workstation (aka [[Personal computer | PC]] and [[Server (computer) | server]] roles)


[[Unix]], and derivatives such as  
[[Unix]], and derivatives such as  


     [[Linux]], and further derivatives [[Ubuntu (Linux distribution)]]
     [[Linux]], and further derivatives [[Ubuntu (Linux distribution) | Ubuntu]]


     [[Solaris]]
     [[Solaris]]

Revision as of 06:59, 8 August 2008

A term for nodes on a network that do not forward traffic destined for other nodes. That is, nodes that are not routers are hosts.


Common platforms:

Several versions of Windows (both workstation (aka PC and server roles)

Unix, and derivatives such as

   Linux, and further derivatives  Ubuntu
   Solaris
   Apple Macintosh (which is now runs atop a derivative of BSD (also a derivative of Unix)
   AIX