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co-lo
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/kohloh`/ , n. [very common; first heard c.1995] Short for co-location ,
used of a machine you own that is physically sited on the premises of an ISP
in order to take advantage of the ISP's direct access to lots of network
bandwidth. Often in the phrases co-lo box or co-lo machines. Co-lo boxes are
typically web and FTP servers remote-administered by their owners, who may
seldom or never visit the actual site.