different between whois vs whos

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Whois
• WHOIS

Etymology

From English who + is.

Pronunciation

• (UK English) IPA^(key): /?hu???z/

Noun

whois

1. (Internet) An Internet protocol for finding information about Internet servers and domains.
2. (Internet) An Internet protocol for finding information about a currently-online IRC user.
3. Any computer program (client) used for accessing information via a whois protocol.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK English) IPA^(key): /?hu???z/

Noun

whois (usually uncountable, plural whoises)

1. whois

Verb

whois (third-person singular simple present whoises, present participle whoising, simple past and past participle whoised)

1. (Internet, transitive) To look up using a whois protocol.

   We whoised the domain to find out who was sending the spam.

   • 2003, "Joel", Re: A whois addon (on newsgroup alt.irc.dalnet)

     That seems to be an undocumented feature, but makes perfect sense. Of course, that wouldn't prevent you from whoising 20 people at once, which could be a problem.

Anagrams

• whios

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ho?oz, IPA^(key): /hu?z/
• enPR: hwo?oz, IPA^(key): /?u?z/
• Rhymes: -u?z
• Homophones: whose, who's

Noun

whos

1. plural of who

Anagrams

• Hows, Show, how's, hows, show