1. (
OR "sitename"). The unique name by which a computer is known on a
netwORk, used to identify it in {electronic mail}, {Usenet} {news},
OR other f
ORms of electronic inf
ORmation interchange. On
Internet the hostname is an
ASCII string, e.g. "foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk" which, consists of a local part (foldoc) and a
domain name (doc.ic.ac.uk). The hostname is translated into an
Internet address either via the /etc/hosts file,
NIS OR by the
Domain Name System (DNS)
OR resolver. It is possible f
OR one computer to have several hostnames (aliases) though one is designated as its
canonical name. It is often possible to guess a hostname f
OR a particular institution. This is useful if you want to know if they operate netw
ORk services like
anonymous FTP, {W
ORld-Wide Web}
OR {finger}. First try the institution' s name
OR obvious abbreviations thereof, with the appropriate
domain appended, e.g. "mit.edu". If this fails, prepend "ftp."
OR "www." as appropriate, e.g. "www.data-io.com". You can use the
ping command as a quick way to test whether a hostname is valid. The folkl
ORe interest of hostnames stems from the creativity and humour they often display. Interpreting a sitename is not unlike interpreting a vanity licence plate one has to mentally unpack it, allowing f
OR mono-case and length restrictions and the lack of whitespace. Hacker tradition deprecates dull, institutional-sounding names in favour of punchy, hum
ORous, and clever coinages (except that it is considered appropriate f
OR the official public gateway machine of an
ORganisation to bear the
ORganisation' s name
OR acronym). Mythological references, cartoon characters, animal names, and allusions to SF
OR fantasy literature are probably the most popular sources f
OR sitenames (in roughly descending
ORder). The obligat
ORy comment is Harris' s Lament: "All the good ones are taken!" See also
netwORk address. 2.
Berkeley Unix command to set and get the application level name used by the host.
Unix manual page: hostname(1). (1995-02-16)
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