Timeline for Is host name and server name the same thing?
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| Nov 2, 2015 at 18:54 | comment | added | Reaces | There is also the added complication when you use database servers. For example I use hostname (the correct usage AFAIK) for the server. But if I need to tell people which instance to connect to I will say that the servername is hostname\sqlserverinstance. It helps to be consistent. | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 16:00 | comment | added | dr_ | That's much more complicated than that :) Websites today (except very simple ones) use load balancers, multiple servers, Virtual IPs etc. | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 15:20 | comment | added | Utku |
By the way, I have one more confusion: is networkengineering in networkengineering.stackexchange.com the hostname? Then does that mean that whole networkengineering.stackexchange.com is located in one machine? Or not necessarily?
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| Nov 2, 2015 at 15:05 | comment | added | dr_ | I edited my post. This usage is kind of incorrect but used often anyway because it's simpler. | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 15:01 | history | edited | dr_ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 2, 2015 at 14:51 | vote | accept | Utku | ||
| Nov 2, 2015 at 14:49 | comment | added | Utku |
Sometimes they call the whole jupiter.example.org as the hostname. I am guessing that this is an erroneous usage?
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| Nov 2, 2015 at 14:47 | comment | added | dr_ | Yes, they mean the same but the term hostname is more correct. | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 14:46 | history | edited | dr_ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 2, 2015 at 14:46 | comment | added | Utku | So are they the same thing? What is the difference between them? | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 14:43 | history | answered | dr_ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |