host is a simple utility for performing Domain Name System lookups.
It was developed by the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), and is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
[1] When applied to a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) the host command will return information associated with that name such as its IP address and mail handling host.
[2] The host command is also able to perform reverse IP lookups to find the FQDN associated with an IP address.
[3] This network-related software article is a stub.