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computer is gil.fed.gov. Note that one does not have to specify either host or
domain. Doing so results in the IP address previously assigned to this com-
puter, along with the host name entered in a record in the DNS server. This
would then allow someone to access this computer by entering gil.fed.gov
instead of the IP address of 198.78.46.8. If no one accesses the computer, one
could safely omit the host and domain entries. If the computer is a popularly
used server, one would want to include the host name because it would be
easier to remember than a sequence of dotted decimal numbers.
The combination ...