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a general-purpose distributed, replicated, data query service chiefly used on Internet for translating hostnames into Internet addresses.
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Domain Name Service
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The Domain Name System is the system that translates Internet domain names into IP numbers. A "DNS Server" is a server that performs this kind of translation.
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Domain Name Server, a program running on a server which automatically translates domain names from http://www.afterzed.com/ into their correct TCP/IP addresses, eg 65.108.17.93.
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Directory Name Service, is a TCP/IP based name resolution service. It is used to resolve a host name to its associated IP address.
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Domain Name Server. The local server (in a company) or remote server (at your provider) that resolves domain names in IP addresses.
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(Domain Name System) - The Internet naming scheme which consists of a hierarchical sequence of names, from the most specific to the most general (left to right), separated by dots, for example nic.ddn.mil.
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Abbreviation for Domain Name System. A distributed client-server database system which links domain names with their numerical IP adresses.
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An acronym for Domain Name Server, DNS refers to a database of Internet names and addresses which translates the names to the official Internet Protocol numbers and vice versa.
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The domain name system (DNS) is the way that Internet domain names are located and translated into IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. A domain name is a meaningful and easy-to-remember "handle" for an Internet address. Because maintaining a central list of domain name/IP address correspondences would be impractical, the lists of domain names and IP addresses are distributed throughout the Internet in a hierarchy of authority. ...
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Short for Domain Name System (or Service), an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they're easier to remember. The Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. For example, the domain name www.examDle.com might translate to 198.105.232.4.
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This is a server that matches up the URL of a website (eg www.liv.ac.uk) with its proper numeric IP address - it translates www.liv.ac.uk into the unique numeric IP address (138.253.31.2). Whenever you request a web page the web browser must consult the domain name server to find out what the numeric translation of the URL is. This is necessary because computers only understand the numeric IP address, whereas we humans prefer to use meaningful and more memorable text.
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A system which maintains a relationship between Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and domain names. Computers use the DNS system to electronically transmit data with other computers through the internet. DNS is actually comprised of a set of database servers which maintain the relationship between IP addresses and domain names and facilitate the lookup between the two.
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Domain Name System. The distributed name/address mechanism used in the Internet. A database system that translates an IP address into a domain name.
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Stands for "Domain Name System," or "Domain Name Server." DNS is a service that translates domain names into IP addresses. It is essential for finding the right Web site based on the domain name.
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Domain Name System.
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Domain Name System: A mechanism used in the Internet for translating names of host computers into addresses. The DNS also allows host computers not directly on the Internet to have registered names in the same style.
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Short for Domain Name System which is used to translate numeric addresses (known as IP, or Internet Protocol, addresses) into words.
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In the Internet suite of protocols, the distributed database system used to map domain names to IP addresses.
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The Domain Name Service is one of the core Internet protocols and mechanisms. DNS is what translates human-readable names (eg "www.microsoft.com") into the binary IP addresses that are actually used to move data packets around on the Internet. Winsock uses DNS when you call the gethostbyname() and gethostbyaddr() functions.
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Domain Name Service A program that translates a domain name into an IP address.
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Domain Name Service. An Internet service that maps symbolic names to IP addresses by distributing queries among the available pool of DNS servers.
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A Domain Name System is a name resolution software that lets users locate computers on a UNIX network or the Internet (TCP/IP network) by domain name. The DNS server maintains a database of domain names (host names) and their corresponding IP addresses.
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The DNS is a general purpose distributed, replicated, data query service. The principal use is the lookup of host IP addresses based on host names. The style of host names now used in the Internet is called "domain name", because they are the style of names used to look up anything in the DNS. Some important domains are: .COM (commercial), .EDU (educational), .NET (network operations), .GOV (US government), and .MIL (US military). Most countries also have a domain. For example, . ...
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The Domain Name System or DNS is a system that stores information about hostnames and domain names in a kind of distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. Most importantly, it provides a physical location (IP address) for each hostname, and lists the mail exchange servers accepting e-mail for each domain.
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