Web hosting Glossary

All About Web Hosting >> Web hosting Glossary

Definitions of domain name server:

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.
www.liv.ac.uk/webteam/glossary/
Computers connected to the Internet whose job it is to keep track of the IP Addresses and Domain Names of other machines. When called upon, they take the ASCII Domain Name and convert it to the relevant numeric IP Address.
www.devel.legend.co.uk/resources/gloss.html
Every web site is actually a set of numbers such as 17.254.3.183. DNS converts this number to a more easily remembered domain name like www.apple.com.
www.silvrleaf.com/tools/terms.html
Used to convert between the name of machine on the Internet and its numeric address.
www.netproject.com/docs/migoss/v1.0/glossary.html
A program running on a server that automatically translates domain names into their correct TCP/IP addresses.
www.maptrax.com.au/standardscompliance/glossaryoftermsatoh/
A DNS translates between a machine name (eg library.wur.nl) and that machine's numerical IP internet address
library.wur.nl/desktop/help/faq_glossary.html
A system that translates strings of word segments (denoting user names and locations) into numeric Internet addresses. Eg. www.oracle.com --> 192.86.154.104
orafaq.cs.rmit.edu.au/glossary/faqglosd.htm
computer that translates human-friendly URLs (words)into computer-friendly IP addresses. This process occurs every time a user requests a page from a website.
www.abelgraphics.co.uk/glossary.php
A database of Internet names and addresses that translates the names from English to the correct Internet Protocol (IP) numbers that computers and routers understand.
www.techwriter.co.nz/nerd-ad.html
In the Internet suite of protocols, a server that responds to queries from clients for name-to-address and address-to-name mappings as well as for other information.
www.learningservices.gcal.ac.uk/it/staff/definitions.html
A computer that stores domain name information to convert a hostname into an IP address.
www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs092/WIRES/glossary/no_frames.html
A repository of addressing information for specific Internet hosts. Name servers use the domain name system to map IP addresses to Internet hosts.
www.sec-1.com/glossary/d.html
The specific host or Internet service provider (ISP) where a domain name web address is directed to each time a web surfer types in the domain name URL in their Web browser or sends an e-mail connected to the domain name. ...
www.247webpages.com/01/pages/pg-glossary.html
A set of distributed databases providing information such as the IP addresses corresponding to system names and the location of mail exchangers.
dsg.port.ac.uk/~mab/Teaching/ARCH3/Glossary.html
A distributed hierarchical scheme which breaks down the full name of a University host into three components. The host administrator chooses the first part of the name. The second is fixed by the name of your department. The third part of the name is the same for all University hosts and specifies that the host is operated by U.Va.
www.itc.virginia.edu/survival/reference/unit5term.htm
Enable domain names to be resolved into numerical IP addresses.
www.iarchive.com/_library/terminology/d.htm
A server that contains a database of host names and their corresponding IP addresses.
www.equiinet.com/cachepilot/support/cachepilotglossary.asp
or Domain Name System. Essential Internet service that ensures the conversion of domain names into IP addresses.
www.rd.francetelecom.com/en/technologies/ddm200308/glossaire.php
A computer that matches up a domain address with an IP address.
www4.dogus.edu.tr/bim/bil_kay/network/intranets/ch55.htm
A server that relates an internet domain name (such as www.cablelabs.com) to an IP address.
www.bcapa.com/about/glossary.php
a numerical way to address your site. Enter http://209.111.241.38/ and you'll reach sandismith.com. The four numbers are similar to a country code, area code, exchange, and local number in a telephone number.
www.sandismith.com/website20.html
To access the World Wide Web, we must translate website names into IP addresses. This is the role of Domain Name Servers (DNS). To access FTP files from a website you have to have the IP address of the website. The domain name is broadcast and the matching server responds with its IP address (similar to ARP getting the IP).
www.adrco.com/ftpcons.htm
A server which converts between domain names and IP numbers. All computers on the Internet have an IP address; most also have one or more easy-to-remember domain names, as well.
www.westlakecommunications.co.uk/glossary.htm
An Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they're easier to remember.
www.wizcom.gr/support/page3.htm
A computer on the Internet that contains files which make up a domain's name database. It converts FQDNs (Fully Qualified Domain Name) of the entire domain name address into numeric IP addresses, and vice versa, enabling connection to web sites.
www.netzoa.net/support/0d.html
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.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_server

Site Map