Yes. The name sfo07s13-in-f14 is mnemonic to Google engineers -- it's probably in San Francisco data center 7. Also, that server probably has both an IPv4 and

Yes. The name sfo07s13-in-f14 is mnemonic to Google engineers -- it's probably in San Francisco data center 7. Also, that server probably has both an IPv4 and IPv6 address. Also, sometimes IP addresses change but you want servers to keep their identity. So names are convenient.