named

adj 1: given or having a specified name; "they called his name

Jesus"; "forces...which Empedocles called `love' and

`hate'"; "an actor named Harold Lloyd"; "a building in

Cardiff named the Temple of Peace" [syn: {called}]

2: bearing the author's name; "a named source"

named

Name Daemon.

A {Unix} {background} process that converts

{hostnames} to {Internet addresses} for the {TCP/IP}

{protocol}.

{Unix manual page}: named(8).

See also {DNS}.

(1995-03-28)