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What do these abbreviations in network hostnames mean?

When I use traceroute, I often see abbreviations in the hostnames along the route, such as "ge", "so", "ic", "gw", "bb" etc. I can guess "bb" means backbone.

Does anyone know what any these strings abbreviate, or know any other common abbreviations?

Solution

  • The examples you provided makes me think it's not about country codes.

    I guess it's just what you thought: ISP network admins using shorcut when naming their servers.

    • bb = backbone
    • gw = gateway
    • ic = interconnect?
    • ge = ?
    • so = stackoverflow? :)