hostname

English

Etymology

From host +‎ name.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Noun

hostname (plural hostnames)

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

Synonyms

• domain name
• nodename (obsolete)

Translations

name by which any device attached to a computer network is known

• Bulgarian: и́ме на хост n (íme na host)
• Finnish: isäntänimi
• French: nom d’hôte m
• German: Hostname m
• Greek: όνομα υπολογιστή (el) n (ónoma ypologistí)
• Spanish: nombre de equipo m

See also

• domain name
• Internet address
• IP address
• TLD
• URL

Anagrams

• Matheson, Stoneham, Thomeans, hoastmen, mash note