A Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN
) is part of the DNS system
. DNS computer names
consist of several parts:
HOST : DOMAIN : TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN
As an example, let's use Dem Bone's theoretical computer terminal located in the Everything2 secret underground compound. His computer name is BONES, and he is on the GODS part of the EVERYTHING2 domain, which is part of the top-level domain of COM (normally .com, .net or .org, for argument's sake).
If you were to look at the fully qualified domain name of that particular computer, it would be:
That's it... from the individual computer to the top-level domain, with the host on the left and the top-level domain on the right.