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How the Domain Name System Works (view source)
Revision as of 04:03, 20 September 2010
, 13 years agomoving article from ICANNWiki.org
Acronym: '''D'''omain '''N'''ame '''S'''ystem
The DNS is a system made up of many servers and databases whose job it is to resolve [[domain name]]s to [[IP Address]]es.
The Domain Name System is a distributed database arranged hierarchically. Its purpose is to provide a layer of abstraction between other Internet services (web, email, etc.) and the numeric addresses (IP addresses) used to uniquely identify any given machine on the Internet.
== Related Articles ==
* [[DNS-The_Value_and_Vulnerability]]
[[Category:Glossary]]
The DNS is a system made up of many servers and databases whose job it is to resolve [[domain name]]s to [[IP Address]]es.
The Domain Name System is a distributed database arranged hierarchically. Its purpose is to provide a layer of abstraction between other Internet services (web, email, etc.) and the numeric addresses (IP addresses) used to uniquely identify any given machine on the Internet.
== Related Articles ==
* [[DNS-The_Value_and_Vulnerability]]
[[Category:Glossary]]