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co-location

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(networking)co-location - /koh'loh-kay`sh*n/ or /koh`loh-kay'sh*n/ (Or "colocation") Providing network connections such as Internet leased lines to several servers housed together in a server room. This is typically provided as a commercial service.

The hyphenated form is correct and the most common on the web, followed by "colocation". "collocation" (/ko`loh-kay'sh*n/, not /koh'-/), is an old word with a similar meaning. It is common in dictionaries and follows the pattern of other Latin-derived words like collect, college, and collate, but is least common on the web.

The verbal form is "to colocate" or "co-locate" (commonly /koh'loh`kayt/, also (US) /koh`loh'kayt/).


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a full service telecommunications consulting company, has partnered with a worldwide co-location data center company to perform their cabling infrastructure detail design work for both new and existing clients.
Co-location is one of a range of services offered by most hosting providers The most basic hosting account just hosts a web site on one of their standard configured servers, often with several other web services customers Co-location is one of a range of services offered by most hosting providers.
com (Faiz Askari) With demand for data centre space showing no sign of slowing, and the ongoing effects of the credit crunch affecting the ability of organisations to build their own data centre capacity, the co-location sector is set for a busy year in 2009.
 
 
 
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