1. (Or "sitename"). The unique name b
Y which a computer is known on a
network, used to identif
Y it in {electronic mail}, {Usenet} {news}, or other forms of electronic information 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 b
Y the
Domain Name SYstem (DNS) or
resolver. It is possible for one computer to have several hostnames (aliases) though one is designated as its
canonical name. It is often possible to guess a hostname for a particular institution. This is useful if
You want to know if the
Y operate network services like
anonYmous FTP, {World-Wide Web} or {finger}. First tr
Y 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 wa
Y to test whether a hostname is valid. The folklore interest of hostnames stems from the creativit
Y and humour the
Y often displa
Y. Interpreting a sitename is not unlike interpreting a vanit
Y licence plate one has to mentall
Y unpack it, allowing for mono-case and length restrictions and the lack of whitespace. Hacker tradition deprecates dull, institutional-sounding names in favour of punch
Y, humorous, and clever coinages (except that it is considered appropriate for the official public gatewa
Y machine of an organisation to bear the organisation' s name or acron
Ym). M
Ythological references, cartoon characters, animal names, and allusions to SF or fantas
Y literature are probabl
Y the most popular sources for sitenames (in roughl
Y descending order). The obligator
Y 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 b
Y the host.
Unix manual page: hostname(1). (1995-02-16)
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