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Definitions for "Canonical name"
Keywords:  alias, cname, mailsrv, ptr, mice
Related Terms: Cname, Cname record, Alias name, Rdn, Relative distinguished name, Ptr record, Namespace, Primary server, Distinguished name, Nslookup, Secondary server, Label, Nickname, Suffix, Root servers, Site name, Root server, Short name, Alias , Qualified name, Authoritative, Name servers, Name resolution, Lame delegation, Name server, Glue record, Logical name, Windows internet naming service, Computer name, Host name, User name, Domain name servers, Handle, Namespace, Screen name, Reverse lookup, Dns lookup, Local name, Name service, Last name, Node name, Universal naming convention, Addon domain, Name space, Windows internet name service, Registry key, Zone, Full name, Domain name server, Hostname
The real name of a server when you've given it a nickname or alias. For example, mail.apple.com might have a canonical name of MailSrv473.apple.com.
docs.info.apple.com
The real name of a host. Used in CNAME records, PTR records, NS records and MX records.
help30.com
an alias for a host
avolio.com
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Keywords:  delimited, ldap, slash, mydocuments, myou
The distinguished name, rendered as, root first, delimited with the forward slash (/), and without the LDAP attribute tags (CN=, DC=). For example, "Fabrikam.Com/Users/Jeff Smith".
msdn.microsoft.com
A computer's official domain name.
vnet.ibm.com
An object's distinguished name presented with the root first and without the LDAP attribute tags (such as: CN=, DC=). The segments of the name are delimited with forward slashes (/). For example, CN=MyDocuments,OU=MyOU,DC=Microsoft,DC=Com is presented as in canonical form. See also: distinguished name; Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
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