entifier composed partly of the hostname on which the node is running, e.g <code>gurka@sallad.com</code>. Several such nodes can run on the same host as long as their names are unique. The class <a href="clojang/current/clojang.jinterface.otp.nodes.html#var-NodeObject">node</a> represents an Erlang node. It is created with a name and optionally a port number on which it listens for incoming connections. Before creating an instance of [node](clojang/current/clojang.jinterface.otp.nodes.html#var- NodeObject),