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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>sitename</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="since-time-T-equals-minus-infinity.html" title="since time T equals minus infinity"/><link rel="next" href="skrog.html" title="skrog"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">sitename</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="since-time-T-equals-minus-infinity.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="skrog.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="sitename"/><dt xmlns="" id="sitename"><b>sitename</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/si:t<>naym/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Unix/Internet] The unique electronic name of a computer system,
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used to identify it in email, Usenet, or other forms of electronic
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information interchange. The folklore interest of sitenames stems from the
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creativity and humor they often display. Interpreting a sitename is not
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unlike interpreting a vanity license plate; one has to mentally unpack it,
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allowing for mono-case and length restrictions and the lack of whitespace.
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Hacker tradition deprecates dull, institutional-sounding names in favor of
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punchy, humorous, and clever coinages (except that it is considered
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appropriate for the official public gateway machine of an organization to
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bear the organization's name or acronym). Mythological references, cartoon
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characters, animal names, and allusions to SF or fantasy literature are
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probably the most popular sources for sitenames (in roughly descending
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order). The obligatory comment when discussing these is Harris's Lament:
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“<span class="quote">All the good ones are taken!</span>” See also
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