host computer
host computer (host) 1. A computer that is attached to a
network and provides services other than simply acting as a
store-and-forward processor or communication switch. Host computers range in size from small microcomputers to large time-sharing or batch mainframes. Many networks have a hierarchical structure, with a
communication subnetwork providing
packet-switching services for host computers to support time-sharing, remote job entry, etc. A host computer at one level of a hierarchy may function as a packet or message switch at another.
2. A computer used to develop software for execution on another computer, known as the
target computer.
3. A computer used to emulate another computer, known as the
target computer. See also
emulation.
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Profile: Aaron Copland's legacy on his 100th birthday
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 11/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Aaron Copland's legacy on his 100th birthday...NPR News. I'm Bob Edwards. Aaron Copland was born a hundred years ago today...ELIZABETH BLAIR reporting: When Aaron Copland spoke on behalf of his profession...
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Aaron Copland and His World.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Aaron Copland and His World. Edited by Carol J. Oja...examples, index, notes, photographs. Aaron Copland was the subject of the 2005 summer festival...on-Hudson. The companion volume, Aaron Copland and His World, edited by festival scholars...
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Profile: Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring"
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 11/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring Host...More than any other composer, Aaron Copland helped create an American sound...s get this out of the way. Aaron Copland always called his piece Appalachian...
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Aaron Copland's America: A Cultural Perspective. (Book Reviews).
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Aaron Copland's America: A Cultural Perspective...consists of two parts. The first, "Aaron Copland's America: A Cultural Perspective...Judith Tick, is entitled "The Music of Aaron Copland." The volume concludes with endnotes...
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How Aaron Copland Became the Macher of American Music: Aaron Copland;
Newspaper article from: Forward; 3/19/1999; 700+ words
; Forward 03-19-1999 How Aaron Copland Became the Macher of American Music: Aaron Copland; The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man The first time I heard Aaron Copland's music -- the ballet "Billy...
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Musicians celebrate Aaron Copland's centennial.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; Everybody knows Aaron Copland, even people who don...Howard Pollack, titled ``Aaron Copland,'' that takes into...think it's to belittle Aaron to infer that he is a...does sometimes sanctify Copland in his book. More seriously...
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Elgin events recall Aaron Copland and his music
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 4/5/2007; ; 662 words
; What makes the music of Aaron Copland so special? Copland's music...Symphony Orchestra has scheduled the Aaron Copland: American Icon Festival, a series...personal life. The exhibit, Aaron Copland and Claire Rosenstein: Notes...
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 "Courier News (Elgin, IL)")
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AMERICAN COMPOSER HONORED ELGIN EVENTS REMEMBER AARON COPLAND AND HIS MUSIC
Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL); 3/30/2007; ; 700+ words
; What makes the music of Aaron Copland so special? Copland's music...Symphony Orchestra has scheduled the Aaron Copland: American Icon Festival, a series...personal life. The exhibit, Aaron Copland and Claire Rosenstein: Notes...
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Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man. By Howard Pollack. New York...Pollack's authoritative new study of the life, works, and times of Aaron Copland is an important and distinguished contribution to American musicology...
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Aaron Copland
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; AARON COPLAND By Howard Pollack University of Illinois Press ISBN 0-252-- 06900-5 $24.95 The recent dismissal of Aaron Copland as a "composer of folksy American jazz" in Time's Issue 24 of July...
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Copland, Aaron
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Aaron Copland Composer For the Record …...is a kind of language, ” I Aaron Copland opens the first volume of his autobiography...understanding for the common American man. Aaron Copland was born on November 14, 1900, in Brooklyn...
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Aaron Copland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was one of the most important figures in American music during the second quarter of the 20th century, both as a composer and as a spokesman who was concerned about making Americans conscious of the importance...
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Thomson, Virgil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Time in the Old Town Tonight." To Aaron Copland, Thomson's score for The River...Its influence can be heard in Copland's own ballet scores —...Hollywood movies. Not only through Copland's own film scores (and via Copland...
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Paul Bowles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...1931 he was introduced to composer Aaron Copland, who quickly became his teacher...outside Saratoga Springs, New York. Copland was scheduled to spend time there...for Paris and had plans to join Copland in Berlin three weeks later. In...
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Cale, John
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...center in Massachusetts with famed American composer Aaron Copland and Franco-Greek composer Iannis Xenakis. At Tanglewood...composer Humphrey Searle; studied with Iannis Xenakis and Aaron Copland at Tanglewood Music Center, c. 1963. Recording and...
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