Node/Machine Names



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Node/Machine Names

By convention, the name of systems follow the style

machine_name.division.organization.country (outside USA)
machine_name.division.organization.org_type (inside USA)
where
machine_name is the personal name of the system.
division is the division, institute, group which owns that workstation.
organization is the name of the company which owns the computer.
country is a two letter country code, such as ca for Canada, fr for France, uk for United Kingdom, etc.
org_type is the type or organisation, as shown in table 13.1.

  
Table 13.1: Top Domain Names in USA.



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