hostname \- hostname resolution description
.SH DESCRIPTION
Hostnames are domains, where a domain is a hierarchical, dot-separated
-list of subdomains; for example, the machine monet, in the Berkeley
-subdomain of the EDU domain would be represented as "monet.Berkeley.EDU".
+list of subdomains; for example, the machine "monet", in the "berkeley"
+subdomain of the "edu" domain would be represented as "monet.berkeley.edu".
Hostnames are often used with network client and server programs,
which must generally translate the name to an address for use.
The default search list includes first the local domain,
then its parent domains with at least 2 name components (longest first).
For example,
-in the domain CS.Berkeley.EDU, the name lithium.CChem will be checked first
-as lithium.CChem.CS.Berkeley.EDU and then as lithium.CChem.Berkeley.EDU.
-Lithium.CChem.EDU will not be tried, as there is only one component
+in the domain cs.berkeley.edu, the name lithium.cchem will be checked first
+as lithium.cchem.cs.berkeley.edu and then as lithium.cchem.berkeley.edu.
+lithium.cchem.edu will not be tried, as there is only one component
remaining from the local domain.
The search path can be changed from the default
by a system-wide configuration file (see