A short name is the first part of a machine's hostname. The short name is usually created by the user when a machine is registered (although the system generates one if the user doesn't specify one). The short name, when used with the domain, forms a fully-qualified hostname.
A valid MS-DOS or OS/2 8.3 file name (with up to 8 characters followed by a period and an extension of up to 3 characters) that a computer running Windows 2000 Server creates for every Macintosh folder name or file name on the server. Personal computer users refer to files on the server by their short names; Macintosh users refer to them by their long names. See also name mapping.
In Personal Communications, the one-letter name (A through Z) of the presentation space or emulation session.
a unique name for each compound or primitive data element consisting of eight alphabetic characters or less. When creating extended element short names, do not duplicate an existing standard element short name.
