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What is a hostname?
A hostname is any name placed to the left of your domain name which resolves to an IP address or other FQDN.
For example in the FQDN www.domainmonster.com "www" is the hostname.
The word hostname is used because on a local network each machine (host) is usually assigned a name to make it easily identifiable. The same principle is applied to domain names, where a name is applied to save the need to remember an IP Address.
- What is DNS?
- What are Name servers?
- What are 3rd Party Name Servers?
- What is a glue record?
- What are cached DNS records?
- What is an FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)?
- What is a hostname?
- What are public and private IP addresses?
- How can I modify the DNS for a domain?
- What is an A Record?
- What is a CNAME record?
- What is an MX record?
- What is a TXT record?
- What is an NS record?
- What is an SPF (sender policy framework) record?
- What happens if I edit my DNS?
- How can I reset the DNS to default?
- Why can’t I edit the DNS for my domain?
- Where can I manage my DNS within my control panel?
- How long will changes to the DNS take to update?
- What does "resolve" mean in terms of DNS?
- Why am I getting an error adding a DNS record?
- What is an SRV record?