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What Is The Difference Between Fully Qualified Domain Name And Public Qualified Domain Name?

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    A fully qualified domain name (FQDN) is one that names both the host name and the domain name.  Www.blurtit.com is an FQDN - www is the host name and blurtit.com is the domain name.  If blurtit operated an FTP site it might be named ftp.blurtit.com - ftp would be the host name.

    I think you must be looking for the description of a "partially qualified domain name" (PQDN) as FQDNs are what the public uses.

    A PQDN is one that you could use if you were on the internal network of given site.  For example, you are hired by blurtit to be a system administrator.  When you come in to the office and pull up your browser you should be able to access their web site by simply typing "www" - just the host name.  If your computer was configured correctly (of course it would be) then it would assume "blurtit.com" for the domain name and would take you to www.blurtit.com.
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    Boris 

    answered 2 years ago

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