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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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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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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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An Internet service that translates the domain names used by people into the numeric IP addresses used for routing on the Internet. The domain name system is actually a network of domain name (DNS) servers.
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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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Allows users to relate to computers on the Internet by using textual addresses (eg. www.legend.net.uk) for ease of use, rather than the IP Address system.
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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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The distributed name and address mechanism used in the Internet. This mechanism allows you to map a domain name to an IP address, allowing you to look up a site by domain name without knowing the IP address of the site. DNS also allows reverse lookup, allowing you to obtain machine's IP address from its name.
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An Internet addressing system using a series of names that are listed with dots (.) between them in the order of the most specific to the most general group. In the United States the top (most general) domains are network categories such as edu (education), com (commercial), org (organization), and gov (government). In other countries a two-letter abbreviation for the country is used, such as ca (Canada) or au (Australia).
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A distributed database of information that is used to translate domain names (which are easy for humans to remember and use) into Internet Protocol (IP) numbers, which are what computers need to find each other on the Internet. People working on computers around the globe maintain their specific portion of this database, and the data held in each portion of the database is made available to all computers and users on the Internet. ...
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DNS translates URL addresses into a numeric Internet IP address (eg 201.214.12.6).
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The purpose of the Domain Name System was (and is) to convert the names for the web sites into numbers the computer can read. (example: www.spry.com is 165.121.1.70) The top-level domains are COM, NET, GOV, MIL, EDU, ORG and the domains for all countries (except the USA). Austria is for example AT, Germany DE and Great Britain UK. COM stands for commercial. Most Internet hosts are COM. (example: www.compuserve.com) NET are gateways between networks. GOV are government hosts (example: www. ...
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The Internet was built on the notion that any computer on a global network can be identified by its numeric Internet Protocol (IP) address. But since people, and not machines, are the primary users of the Internet, a more people-friendly naming system called the Domain Name System (DNS) was invented. DNS maps a host name like www.websiteproviders.net to the IP address of the machine that hosts the website. For example, DNS actually maps the host name www.websiteproviders. ...
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An application layer protocol providing the naming capability on the Internet.
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The Domain Name System (DNS) translates easily remembered names, such as www.village-eaters.com, into numerical IP addresses that computers understand.
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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 strong>uoft02.utoledo.edu, baddog.sp.utoledo.edu, or nic.ddn.mil. (See also: IP address)
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The method used to convert Internet names to their corresponding unique Internet Protocol (IP) numbers.
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A database that is used to translate domain names into Internet Protocol (IP) numbers.
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A service that maps Internet domains to corresponding IP addresses.
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The system by which Internet sites are given an identifying number (IP number) as well as an easier-to-remember domain name. ICANN is in charge of administering the DNS.
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A standard system of addressing for the Internet that hostnames follow.
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The Internet protocol for mapping host names, domain names and aliases to IP addresses.
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The manner in which the Internet locates and translates domain names into IP addresses.
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The worldwide system which regulates Internet host names. Each host must have a unique name. Top-level domains in the United States include .com, .edu, .gov, .net, and .org. Two letter country codes such as .se (Sweden) and .ca (Canada) are used for other countries. Some US sites also have a state and country designation, such as .fl.us. See also domain name. #
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A distributed hierarchical global directory that translates machine/domain names to numeric IP addresses. The DNS infrastructure consists of 13 root servers at the top layer, top-level domain (TLD) servers (.com, .net), as well as country code top-level domains (.us, .uk, etc) at the lower layers.
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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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