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  1. networking - What is a hostname versus a computer name versus a ...

    Mar 9, 2015 · Hostname is an attribute of a system stored locally on that system. "Computer name" is what Windows uses to refer to the hostname. A subdomain is a DNS concept. In DNS, domain …

  2. Hostname (FQDN).......huh? - Proxmox Support Forum

    Jan 19, 2020 · Hi All, I'm very, very new to Proxmox - a colleague at work recommended it to me but I have a question and he's gone campin! Can someone please explain the Hostname (FQDN) in the …

  3. Difference between Subdomain, hostname, host and www in a DNS …

    Any hostname is a subdomain except if it is a TLD. www can be a hostname if it is assigned to a specific host withing a network or can be a subdomain where lower level hosts are located, like …

  4. What is the difference between a hostname and a fully qualified …

    May 15, 2011 · 8 The hostname is just the computer name and the fully qualified domain name is the hostname plus the domain name after it.... hostname: bigbox fqdn: bigbox.mynetwork.com or …

  5. shell - HOSTNAME environment variable on Linux - Super User

    Apr 22, 2016 · On my Linux box (Gentoo Linux 2.6.31 to be specific) I have noticed that the HOSTNAME environment variable is available in my shell, but not in scripts. For example,

  6. What's the difference between Host and HostName in SSH Config?

    Nov 10, 2012 · If the hostname contains the character sequence `%h', then this will be replaced with the host name specified on the command line (this is useful for manipulating unqualified names). The …

  7. linux - Hostnames - What are they all about? - Server Fault

    So what does a "system hostname" even mean? Many applications will use the system hostname as a default identifier when they communicate elsewhere. For example, if you're collecting syslog …

  8. Difference between host name and domain name - Super User

    Oct 22, 2009 · A hostname is the name of a server, on a local network it can be a simple name like "mailserver". For use on the Internet, domain name and hostname is for most practical purposes the …

  9. hostname - Naming convention for computers - Server Fault

    Possible Duplicate: Naming convention for PC in a network What naming convention your organization uses for identifying computers within the organization. These are internal for the developers'

  10. windows - Resolve host name from IP address - Server Fault

    Oct 13, 2009 · I'm looking for a command line tool which gets an IP address and returns the host name, for Windows.