What is the difference between canonical name

What is the difference between canonical name

References

Reference NO 1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15202997/what-is-the-difference-between-canonical-name-simple-name-and-class-name-in-jav

Reference NO 2

http://superuser.com/questions/394816/what-is-the-difference-and-relation-between-host-name-and-canonical-name

Reference NO 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNAME_record

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http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/291234b8-e988-4543-9a00-4c1a21d3c46d/action?threadDisplayName=use-of-canonical-name

Reference NO 5

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100420045842AASpF9u

Reference NO 6

http://www.avajava.com/tutorials/lessons/whats-the-difference-between-a-files-path-absolute-path-and-canonical-path.html

Reference NO 7

http://serverfault.com/questions/222095/what-is-the-canonical-name-for-domain-names-with-extra-parts

Reference NO 8

http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/definition/canonical-name