Virtual host
<networking> Most computers on the
Internet have a single
Internet address; however, often via special
kernel patches, a given computer can be made to respond to several
IP addresses and provide different services (typically different
Web services) on each.
Each of these different IP addresess (which generally each have their own
hostname) act as if they were distinct hosts on distinct machines, even though they are actually all one host.
Hence, they are
virtual hosts.
A common use is when an
Internet Service Provider "hosts"
World-Wide Web or other services for several of their customers on one computer but giving the appearence that they are separate servers.
