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self-hosted

American  
[self-hohst-id] / ˌsɛlfˈhoʊst ɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a website or similar service) hosted on a private server.

  2. being a software program capable of compiling itself.


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In Cantor’s view, Nvidia’s partnership with OpenAI to provide millions of its GPUs to support the AI startup’s next-generation models shows that “they are looking to stand them up as its own self-hosted hyperscaler.”

From MarketWatch Oct. 9, 2025

And, of course, you can also let it search your Plex libraries of self-hosted videos or other media.

From The Verge Apr. 5, 2022

On Jan. 20, the Keybase group was locked, and Deterrence Dispensed moved to a new self-hosted chat platform.

From Slate Feb. 16, 2021

Blogs are first, followed by personal and self-hosted sites, business sites, and shopping sites.

From Slate May 24, 2012

Religious sites aren’t a category unto themselves, but are split between blogs, self-hosted sites, and “education/reference” sites, which rank fifth on the “most-infected” list.

From Slate May 24, 2012

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