Computer network naming scheme: Difference between revisions

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However, smaller networks will frequently use a more personalized naming scheme to keep track of the many hosts. Popular naming schemes include trees, planets, rocks, etc.

Network naming can be hierarchical in nature, such as the Internet's DNS.

The choice of names may be limited by a length limitation (such as 15 character flat name space for NETBIOS), or may be limited by a character set limitation (such as hyphens not being allowed for SQL Server names).

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