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Several versions of [[Microsoft Windows]] (both workstation and server roles)
Several versions of [[Microsoft Windows]] (both workstation and server roles)


[[Unix]], and derivatives such as [[Linux]], and further derivatives [[Ubuntu (Linux distribution)]]
[[Unix]], and derivatives such as  


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


[[Solaris]]
    [[Solaris]]


[[AIX]]
    [[Apple Macintosh]] (which is now runs atop a derivative of [[BSD]] (also a derivative of [[Unix]])
 
    [[AIX]]

Revision as of 07:56, 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 Microsoft Windows (both workstation and server roles)

Unix, and derivatives such as

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