co-location


co-location

(networking)/koh'loh-kay`sh*n/ or /koh`loh-kay'sh*n/ (Or"colocation") Providing network connections such as Internetleased lines to several servers housed together in aserver room. This is typically provided as a commercialservice.

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 iscommon in dictionaries and follows the pattern of otherLatin-derived words like collect, college, and collate, but isleast common on the web.

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