Platitude is a remark in speech or writing that is overused and has no originality. An example of platitude is saying break a leg.. a commonplace, flat, or dull quality, as in speech or writing. a commonplace or trite remark, esp. one uttered as if it were fresh or original.
1 Enter dsconfigad -show. 2  If you are connected to a domain, you will see a printout containing Computer Account and Active Directory Domain. 3  If you are not connected to a domain, nothing will display and your machine does not have a fully qualified domain name. 4  Start on the desktop.  Open a Terminal.
up vote 6 down vote. The hostname is just the computer name and the fully qualified domain name is the hostname plus the domain name after it.... hostname: bigbox fqdn: bigbox.mynetwork.com. or commonly the fqdn ends in .local instead of .com but that is environment specific.our fully qualified domain name is your hostname plus the domain your company uses often ending in .local. So if the name of your computer is bob, and your company's domain is contoso.local, your computer's fully qualified domain name is bob.contoso.local. Hostname: bob. Domain: contoso.com.