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 What is a ‘friendly name’?
Client connections, configuration, Configuring, Microsoft Windows, name
When Microsoft requires you to provide a "friendly name" when configuring a client, what does that mean? What does a friendly name do?



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ASKED: June 24, 2010  9:47 PM
UPDATED: August 19, 2011  5:39 PM
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<b>A friendly name is something a human can easily read and remember</b> instead of a code or a numeric address/identifier. An example would be a host's name as opposed to its ip address, or a process name as opposed to its CLSID.
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There is a local car dealership named Friendly Chevrolet. Would that be a “friendly name?”

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