networking (FQDN) The full name of a system, consisting of
and "venera.isi.edu" is an FQDN. An FQDN should be sufficient
Internet. This process, called "name resolution", uses the
With the explosion of interest in the
Internet following 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.
(2003-09-23)