Naming scheme

Naming scheme

A naming scheme is a plan for naming objects. In computing, naming schemes are often used for objects connected into computer networks.

Naming schemes in computing

Large networks often use a systematic naming scheme, such as using a location (e.g. a department) plus a purpose to generate a name for a computer.

For example, a web server in NY may be called "nyc-www-04.xyz.net".

Common Network Naming Convention:

(city-function-number.domain.name)

City Code IATA link

nyc-pdc-201.xyz.net

lon-rtr-901.xyz.net

hkg-san-541.xyz.net

mos-gpc-400.xyz.net


If you have many offices in a city distinguish the offices designate

100-199 ABC location

200-299 CDE location

...

700-799 Extranet

800-899 DMZ

900-999 Internet


gpc - General PC

prn - printer

www - webserver

dbs - database server

fps - file and print server

app - application server

fin - finanace server

swi - switch

ifw - internal firewall

efw - external firewall

rtr - router

wap - wireless ap

RFC 1178 link

However, smaller networks will frequently use a more personalized naming scheme to keep track of the many hosts. Popular naming schemes include trees, planets, rocks, etc. (aniquated)

Network naming can be hierarchical in nature, such as the Internet's Domain Name System. Indeed, the Internet employs several universally applicable naming methods: Uniform Resource Names (URN), Uniform Resource Locators (URL), and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI). For the technically inclined, the following article is worth perusing: http://www.w3.org/TR/uri-clarification/.

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