/koh' loh-kay`Sh*n/ or /koh`loh-kay' Sh*n/ (Or "colocation") Providing network connectionSSuch aSInternetleaSed 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/). (2000-10-03)
