host naming

A naming method that enables users to connect to an Oracle database server by using a host name alias in a TCP/IP environment. Host names are mapped to the server's global database name in an existing names resolution service, such as Domain Name System (DNS), Network Information Service (NIS), or a centrally-maintained set of /etc/hosts files.

| See Also: Chapter 6, Configuring Naming Methods, in the Net8 Administrator's Guide to configure the host naming method