1. (Or "sitename"). T
he unique name by w
hic
h a computer is known on a
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=network">network, used to identify it in {electronic mail}, {Usenet} {news}, or ot
her forms of electronic information interc
hange. On
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Internet">Internet t
he
hostname is an
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ASCII">ASCII string, e.g. "foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk" w
hic
h, consists of a local part (foldoc) and a
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=domain">domain name (doc.ic.ac.uk). T
he
hostname is translated into an
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Internet address">Internet address eit
her via t
he /etc/
hosts file,
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=NIS">NIS or by t
he
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Domain Name System">Domain Name System (DNS) or
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=resolver">resolver. It is possible for one computer to
have several
hostnames (aliases) t
houg
h one is designated as its
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=canonical">canonical name. It is often possible to guess a
hostname for a particular institution. T
his is useful if you want to know if t
hey operate network services like
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=anonymous FTP">anonymous FTP, {World-Wide Web} or {finger}. First try t
he institution' s name or obvious abbreviations t
hereof, wit
h t
he appropriate
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=domain">domain appended, e.g. "mit.edu". If t
his fails, prepend "ftp." or "www." as appropriate, e.g. "www.data-io.com". You can use t
he
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=ping">ping command as a quick way to test w
het
her a
hostname is valid. T
he folklore interest of
hostnames stems from t
he creativity and
humour t
hey often display. Interpreting a sitename is not unlike interpreting a vanity licence plate one
has to mentally unpack it, allowing for mono-case and lengt
h restrictions and t
he lack of w
hitespace.
hacker tradition deprecates dull, institutional-sounding names in favour of punc
hy,
humorous, and clever coinages (except t
hat it is considered appropriate for t
he official public gateway mac
hine of an organisation to bear t
he organisation' s name or acronym). Myt
hological references, cartoon c
haracters, animal names, and allusions to SF or fantasy literature are probably t
he most popular sources for sitenames (in roug
hly descending order). T
he obligatory comment is
harris' s Lament: "All t
he good ones are taken!" See also
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=network address">network address. 2.
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Berkeley">Berkeley href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Unix">Unix command to set and get t
he application level name used by t
he
host.
href="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=Unix manual page">Unix manual page:
hostname(1). (1995-02-16)
In addition suitable contents:
[ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=31">2 ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=134">= ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=154">abbrev ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=232">acronym ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=262">ad ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=303">address ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=396">ag ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=411">ai ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=433">al ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=544">am ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=592">an ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=636">anonymous FTP ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=683">app ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=700">application ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=740">ar ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=743">arc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=799">AS ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=800">as ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=810">ASCII ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=894">at ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=996">av ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1025">B ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1026">b ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1034">ba ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1159">bb ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1181">be ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1223">Berkeley ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1535">br ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1691">bv ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1695">by ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1708">C ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1724">ca ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1801">canonical ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1844">case ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=1863">cat ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2001">ch ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2018">char ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2019">character ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2099">ci ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2136">ck ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2138">cl ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2247">co ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2330">com ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2342">comma ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2343">command ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2352">comment ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2491">computer ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2545">con ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2606">cons ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2791">cr ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2827">cron ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2900">cu ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=2976">D ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3006">data ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3136">dd ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3151">de ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3304">design ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3436">ding ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3497">display ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3564">DNS ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3565">do ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3568">doc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3595">domain ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3607">Domain Name System ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3752">du ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3865">ec ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3896">ed ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3923">edu ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3929">ee ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3986">electron ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=3997">electronic mail ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4148">er ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4150">era ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4171">es ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4199">et ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4497">fi ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4520">file ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4557">finger ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4700">fo ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4727">for ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4756">forms ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4828">fr ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4909">FT ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4911">FTP ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=4989">ga ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5026">gate ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5029">gateway ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5057">ge ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5134">gh ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5141">gi ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5205">gn ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5398">gt ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5403">gu ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5434">h ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5493">hang ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5540">hat ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5664">hit ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5725">host ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5768">hr ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5791">hu ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5809">humor ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5810">humour ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=5931">id ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6013">il ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6064">in ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6194">int ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6326">Internet ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6330">Internet address ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6413">io ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6446">iq ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6449">ir ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6481">IS ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6482">is ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6558">it ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6789">ke ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6792">ken ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6861">kn ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=6918">la ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7023">ld ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7091">Lex ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7107">li ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7228">lite ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7231">literature ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7243">lk ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7291">logical ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7399">ls ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7415">lu ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7437">lv ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7441">ly ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7457">M ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7463">ma ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7479">machine ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7540">mail ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=7582">man ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8019">mm ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8032">mo ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8040">mod ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8079">module ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8167">mp ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8228">ms ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8384">N ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8386">na ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8460">nc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8472">ne ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8488">net ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8533">network ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8534">network address ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8599">news ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8622">nf ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8627">ng ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8630">ni ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8655">NIS ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8660">nl ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8675">no ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8745">np ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8760">ns ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8787">nu ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8813">nym ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8820">O ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=8964">om ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9014">op ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9120">org ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9204">pa ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9228">page ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9457">pe ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9550">ph ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9616">ping ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9651">pl ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9801">pop ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9908">pr ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=9933">prepend ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10144">pt ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10253">query ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10364">rc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10385">re ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10466">reference ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10579">resolver ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10585">restriction ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10754">rl ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10767">ro ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10918">S ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=10922">sa ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11009">SC ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11010">sc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11059">SCI ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11150">se ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11269">service ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11281">set ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11376">si ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11389">sig ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11506">sit ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11508">sitename ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11525">sl ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11651">so ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11740">sound ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11745">source ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11757">space ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=11934">st ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12090">strict ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12093">string ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12246">sy ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12359">T ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12440">tc ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12557">test ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12588">th ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12715">tn ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12721">to ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12777">tp ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12787">tr ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12873">tron ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12939">tw ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=12986">ua ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13008">ug ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13018">uk ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13030">um ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13130">Unix manual page ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13175">us ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13184">Usenet ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13252">va ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13310">ve ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13366">vi ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13632">Web ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13701">whitespace ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13725">win ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=13877">ws ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=14024">Y ] [ href="module.php?name=Lexikon&op=content&tid=14075">yt ]