[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

fully qualified domain name
     
         fqdn the full name of a system, consisting of
        its local hostname and its domain name, including a
        top-level domain tld.  for example, "venera" is a hostname
        and "venera.isi.edu" is an fqdn.  an fqdn should be sufficient
        to determine a unique internet address for any host on the
        internet.  this process, called "name resolution", uses the
        domain name system dns.
     
        with the explosion of interest in the internet following the
        advent of the world-wide web, domain names especially the
        most significant two components, e.g. "sun.com", and
        especially in the ".com" tld have become a valuable part of
        many companies' "brand".  the allocation of these, overseen by
        icann, has therefore become highly political and is
        performed by a number of different registrars.  there are
        different registries for the different tlds.
     
        see also network, the, network address.
     
        2003-09-23
     
     
see also:
hostname domain top-level domain internet address internet domain name system 
world-wide web icann network, the network address 

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