hostname
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈhoʊstˌneɪm/
- Specialized
:
nombre de host
- 2. Enter a hostname and short description
Examples
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With this enabled, you can see some basic system info from the login screen, including OS X system version, hostname, and more, by clicking the clock at the login window.
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All branches will be uniquely named, relative to a username and/or hostname.
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Next, we need to configure the hostname of our edge server.
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What I meant, though, is a generic solution that would not assume your master's hostname is "foo" and the slave's is "bar."
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AdminHostInfo HostName
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Many development tools provide integrated support for publication using one or more of these methods and may only require that you provide the necessary credentials, site URL, and hostname or URL for your chosen deployment method.
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FTP publishing is set up by default for websites, and the FTP host name is displayed under FTP Hostname on the Quick Start and Dashboard pages.
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On Mac OS X, these look like the messages as depicted in the accompanying figure (timestamp and hostname omitted) that show a user named user47 accessing the machine interactively from a specific IP address and port number.
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To find your device on the network, you need to know its hostname.
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The hostname of your computer can usually be found in the system settings.
Synonyms
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6.5
A code that shows where a device or file is on a network
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3.3
A unique address made of letters and numbers separated by dots that people type to visit a website
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3.8
A code, number or name that stands for one record in a system
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hostname comes from two simple words, host and name. The host part is like a party host—someone who welcomes guests—so for computers it means a machine that gives services, and name means a 'label', so a hostname is the 'label' used to 'identify' a computer on a network.