About
A hostname is a unique label assigned to a device connected to a computer network1.
Purpose
It serves as a human-readable identifier for a specific device to differentiate it from other devices on the network.
Example
- It differentiate devices
- It is the name of a computer on a specific network-enabled device
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Links
References
Lenovo. “hostname”. Available at: https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/glossary/hostname/?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F. (Accessed: ). ↩︎