A home network is two or more computers interconnected to form a local area network (LAN) within the home.This is so that computers can share files, programs, printers, other peripheral devices, and Internet access with other computers.  

Using Mobile IP,  the home network is where a mobile device has its permanent IP address. With Mobile IP, a mobile device can be plugged into "foreign" networks using a temporary care-of address.

A computer that functions as a server in a client-server home network. For small networks, a personal computer works perfectly well for this purpose, provided there is sufficient storage space and memory on the hard drive.

A home theater or home theatre is a theater built in a home, designed to mimic (or exceed) commercial theater performance and feeling, more commonly known as a home cinema. Today, home cinema implies a real "cinema experience" at a private home.

An industry standard for interconnecting computers within a home using existing telephone lines and registered jack. Using HomePNA, multiple computer users in a home can share a single Internet connection, or files. 

A social media management system for businesses and organizations to collaboratively execute campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based dashboard.

Hortonworks is a big data software company based in Santa Clara, California. The company develops and supports Apache Hadoop.

A circuit board and/or integrated circuit adapter that provides input/output (I/O) processing and physical connectivity between a server and a storage device.

Host Forensics involves the identification, preservation, and analysis of evidence of attacks in order to identify attackers and document their activity with sufficient reliability to justify appropriate technological, business, and legal responses.

A method of security management for computers and networks. Anti-threat applications such as firewalls, antivirus software and spyware-detection programs are installed on every network computer that has two-way access to the outside environment.

A host operating system (OS) is the original OS installed on a computer. Other operating systems are sometimes installed on a computer, in addition to the host OS, as guest operating systems. 

An arrangement in which a company outsources some or all of its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) functions to an Application Service Provider (ASP). The hosted CRM model is said to increase Return On Investment (ROI) by decreasing costs.

A method that handles call routing, or switching, at the host location. It is responsible for managing all of the PBX equipment and software involved in the virtual PBX service. Hosted PBX services can function over the PSTN or over the Internet.

HostGator is a Houston-based web hosting company

In computing, a person responsible for managing domain name records within the Domain Name System or any individual computer (typically a server).

A backup server that receives regular updates and is put on standby to take over immediately in the event of a failover. Microsoft currently offers free software licenses for cold servers intended for disaster recovery.