IEVref:732-07-10ID:
Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: host name
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Definition: name identifying a host within the Internet

NOTE 1 – Historically, host names identified specific machines; today host names may identify functions.

NOTE 2 – In general a host name is a fully qualified domain name, for example, "www. iec.ch " identifies a host in the domain " iec.ch ". If a host is addressed in the same local domain, the name of this domain may be omitted.


Publication date:2010-06
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