Usually means: Unique identifier for a computer.
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  1. Hostname, hostname: Wordnik
  2. hostname: Wiktionary
  3. hostname: Dictionary.com
  4. Hostname: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hostname: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. hostname: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hostname)

noun:  (networking) The unique name by which any device attached to a computer network is known.
noun:  (computing, Internet) A computer or other network device's Internet domain name; a fully qualified hostname.
noun:  (computing, Internet) The portion of a computer's Internet domain name that comes before the first period; an unqualified hostname.

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