Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,812,118,145 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

FQDN

   Also found in: Acronyms, Wikipedia 0.04 sec.

FQDN

(Fully Qualified Domain Name) The complete domain name for a specific computer (host) on the Internet. It provides enough information so that it can be converted into a physical IP address. The FQDN consists of host name and domain name. For example, www.computerlanguage.com is the FQDN on the Web for the publisher of this database. The WWW is the host. On the Web, there are millions of hosts named WWW in order to maintain uniformity. COMPUTERLANGUAGE.COM is the domain name, with .COM being the top level domain (TLD) name. See DNS and Internet domain name.


FQDN - fully qualified domain name


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Additionally, sites, users, and networks can now be validated using FQDN and IP address-based authentication.
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.