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==Background==
Between 1984 and 1985, the Domain Name System of the internet was deployed under the guidance of [[Jon Postel]] to replace the host.txt system. The DNS contains resource records that maps easy to remember domain names to unique numeric addresses assigned to every computer. It also serve as a distributed database for information about resources on the Internet.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc921.txt RFC 921]</ref>
Between 1984 and 1985, the Domain Name System of the internet was deployed under the guidance of [[Jon Postel]] to replace the host.txt system. The DNS contains resource records that maps easy to remember domain names to unique numeric addresses assigned to every computer. It also serve as a distributed database for information about resources on the Internet.<ref>[http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc921.txt RFC 921]</ref>