Registering Computer Names
August 16th, 2002 by Dana Roode
Computers on UCI’s network (and thus the Internet) have two kinds of identities: a numerical Internet Protocol (IP) address, such as 128.200.222.100, and a “host name,” such as www.uci.edu. Computers tend to use numbers to find and talk to one another, but human beings prefer names, finding them both more memorable and more descriptive. The [...]