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From host +‎ name.

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hostname (plural hostnames)

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

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