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    Translation correct?

    chat host - Chat-Betreiber (Person)

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    chat host

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    Chat-Betreiber (Person)

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    Hi, the following is the gist of a dispute I had on a chat channel, and I'm absolutely unsure about this; only people who claim to be much longer in chats than I am, asserted something described as follows.

    From my understanding of the English language, a 'host' is not the same in real life and computer world:
    - host means 'Gastgeber' in german, but in real life ONLY, that is, it would never be used for a *person* who provides server hardware or whatever
    - host in IT world stands for the MACHINE where services run on, that's why "Unable to connect to host" means that the machine could not be reached.

    *Allegedly* - as people tried to make me believe - , the definition of a chat host in "chat world" (where I am rather scarcely) is different to the definition of a host in "regular IT world", that is:
    - a "chat host" IS (!) indeed the PERSON who runs a chat server where people can chat on. The guy, a foreigner, also made me believe that in English-speaking chats where he is/was, this definition would apply as well.

    This does NOT go in line with my (IT) definition of "host" (= the technical device, the machine), as I said. I'm an IT professional and this subject is rather, say, of marginal importance for me. Yet I'd like to know who is right. :)

    -NATIVE SPEAKERS PREFERRED TO ANSWER HERE.-
    Authortbr07 Jan 06, 10:43
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    I'm not up to par on my chat terminology as much as perhaps I should be, but as someone who lives and breathes IT all the time, my assumption would've been the same as yours, i.e. the machine not the person.

    But it would be good to hear from those who really are more familiar with the terms in that narrow context.
    #1AuthorPeter <us>07 Jan 06, 10:59
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    I'm not an IT expert, but maybe the guy you talked to was referring to the person moderating and monitoring a chat to make sure all contributions are in line with the rules of the chatroom (netiquette) etc.
    #2Authorkatjeskindchen07 Jan 06, 15:11
     
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