Naming conventions
Almost everyone knows that when computers are on a Local Area Network they need unique addresses. As well as unique addresses they need unique names too. In corporations this is usually something logical to them. For instance one company where I worked had a standard of naming their machines by function and location as indeed most do. A server called SCOK01DB would be deciphered as S for server, COK for Cork 01DB for the first Database server. Descriptive but a little bit boring.
Small businesses tend to be a little more flexible and more often than not a PC would have the same name as the user. But sometimes even large corporations can have their fun. At one stage eircom named their servers after characters from The Simpsons and I just sent an e-mail a while ago to an EsatBT hosted account and the server name was tweedledummer.esatclear.ie!
A few years ago when I was just creating the behemoth that is my computer room, I decided to name all my machines after characters in Futurama, but as I upgraded or changed operating systems this has since changed and now I have most of them named after the characters in Stargate SG1. You might notice that if you subscribe to comments on my blog that the headers will show that the mail came from carter.sweetnam.eu which is my webserver. My main workstation is ‘jackson’ while another is ‘oneill’.
Anyone know of any strange naming conventions out there? Or perhaps you have given your PC or laptop an unusual name?
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I have this stupid naming convention at work now. 3 letters for site, next 2 letters for a type of server, next 2 for a function (Lotus: mail, application & web) and the last is A or B for the servers in clusters. I’m not surprised at all having hundreds of machines. Do you know Musgrave (Supervalu, Centra)? They use Star Wars names: Vader, Obi-Wan, Luke etc
My friend uses the names from Lord Of The Rings all the time. :]
Ha! I would hate to have the machine called jabba!
Makes two of us. I always name my machines after simpsons characters as well!
twould be a great name for a Jabber server
It would too. I was thinking that too just after I posted my comment
The best name for Jabber server would be…
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.’
JABBERWOCKY
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Of course! That is obvious now that I think of it.