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Domain Name System (DNS)

A hierarchical, distributed database that contains mappings of DNS domain names to various types of data, such as IP addresses. DNS enables the location of computers and services by user-friendly names, and it also enables the discovery of other information stored in the database.

Updated On: 04.04.01

Tagged By: A (address) resource record, DNS, DNS Server.

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