My first networked computer, on an AppleTalk network was called “()/)/)()”

It was an Apple Macintosh IIci.

It had that name for less than five minutes. That’s how long it took the network manager to find me and demand that I rename it to something that didn’t appear at the top of the Chooser, since that’s where the ADMIN NetWare server should be.

He suggested “ob1”, and that’s what it has been and continues to be for the past 32 years. My laptop became ob2.

Servers under my custody are called short words, generally four characters or less unless they’re disposable and they don’t get a name beyond what the installation process creates.

Edit: Oops, one too many slashes. Fixed.