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co-lo
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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/kohloh`/ , n. [very common; first heard c.1995] Short for co-location ,
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used of a machine you own that is physically sited on the premises of an ISP
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in order to take advantage of the ISP's direct access to lots of network
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bandwidth. Often in the phrases co-lo box or co-lo machines. Co-lo boxes are
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typically web and FTP servers remote-administered by their owners, who may
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seldom or never visit the actual site.
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