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In keeping with RFC 1178,

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1178

I name my computers after elements of the Greek underworld:

+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| NAME OF ENTITY | DESCRIPTION                                         | CURRENT USE               |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
|                                         ==Rivers==                                               |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Styx           | River of hatred                                     |                           |
| Acheron        | River of pain                                       | Router/Firewall           |
| Lethe          | River of forgetfullness                             |                           |
| Phlegethon     | River of fire, leads to depths of Tartarus          |                           |
| Cocytus        | River of wailing                                    |                           |
| Oceanus        | River that encircles the world, edge of Underworld  |                           |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
|                          ==The Front Entrance to the Underworld==                                |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Penthos        | Grief                                               |                           |
| Curae          | Anxiety                                             |                           |
| Nosoi          | Diseases                                            |                           |
| Geras          | Old Age                                             | Thinkpad T420s            |
| Phobos         | Fear                                                |                           |
| Limos          | Hunger                                              |                           |
| Aporia         | Need                                                |                           |
| Thanatos       | Non-Violent Death                                   |                           |
| Algea          | Agony                                               |                           |
| Hypnos         | Sleep                                               |                           |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
|                         ==Behind the Entrance to the Underworld==                                |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Polemos        | War                                                 |                           |
| Alecto         | Punisher of moral crimes (anger, etc.)              |                           |
| Magaera        | Punisher of infidelity, oath-breakers, and theft    |                           |
| Tisiphone      | Punisher of murderers                               |                           |
| Eris           | Discord                                             |                           |
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|                                      ==Major Figures==                                           |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Charon         | The ferryman of the dead                            |                           |
| Cerberus       | Guardian of the gates to the Underworld             | Main Server               |
| Minos          | Judge of the final vote                             |                           |
| Rhadamanthus   | Lord of Elysium, judge of the men of Asia           |                           |
| Aeacus         | Guards keys of Underworld, judge of men of Europe   |                           |
| Hades          | God of the Underworld                               | Desktop Computer          |
| Persephone     | Mistress of Hades                                   |                           |
| Hecate         | Associated with magic, witchcraft, light, dogs      | Game Server               |
| Melinoë        | Persephone's dgt. Bringer of nightmares and madness |                           |
| Nyx            | Goddess of the night                                |                           |
| Achlys         | Personification of misery and sadness               |                           |
| Styx           | Goddess of the river Styx                           |                           |
| Eurynomos      | A daemon of the underworld, eats flesh of corpses   | NAS System                |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
|                                      ==Major Locations==                                         |
+----------------+-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
| Elysium        | Place for distinguished people, those close to gods |                           |
| Tartarus       | Pits of oblivion, dungeon of torment and suffering  | Mail Server               |
| Asphodel       |                                                     |                           |
|   Meadows      | Place for ordinary or indifferent souls             |                           |
| Mourning       |                                                     |                           |
|   Fields       | Place for who wasted their lives on unrequited love |                           |
| Isles of       |                                                     |                           |
|   the Blessed  | Ppl reborn 3 times, achieved Elysium every time     |                           |
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Here is some more inspiration for computer names:

https://chrismanbrown.gitlab.io/18.html