Here's Why I Closed My Chase Bank Account On My Lunch Break. When I moved to New York in 2010, it made sense to ditch my account with PNC National Bank â which only has two branches in Manhattan â and switch to Chase, which seemed to be on every corner.
parasite - an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host. 1  organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
Biological A host is the organism that a parasite feeds and lives on. Computing Metaphorically extending life to include computers and networks, the host is the system or server on which software is remotely run. Systems which have become infected with a computer virus likewise are hosts in the parasitic sense.