HOSTNAME

Hostname

In computer networking, a hostname is a label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network and that is used to identify the device in various forms of electronic communication such as the World Wide Web, e-mail or Usenet. Hostnames may be simple names consisting of a single word or phrase, or they may be structured.

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hostname

Noun

  1. the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
  2. a computer or other network device's Internet domain name; a fully qualified hostname
  3. the portion of a computer's Internet domain name that comes before the first period; an unqualified hostname


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