Q&A
| Q1: | What is a domain name? |
| A1: | It is a name that is administered by a central authority to ensure the name's uniqueness. The first part of the name identifies or is related to a company or organization. The second portion of a domain name is a suffix such as .com, .gov, or .edu that provides a means of classification. |
| Q2: | What is a hostname? |
| A2: | It is a single name that is assigned to a particular host. Usually the hostname has some meaning such as location, usage, or ownership. |
| Q3: | What is an FQDN? |
| A3: | A combination of a hostname concatenated to a domain name by the addition of a dot character. For example, a hostname bigserver and a domain name mycompany.com when combined become the FQDN bigserver.mycompany.com. |
| Q4: | What are DNS resource records? ... |
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