| English |
| dns |
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| Full form |
Domain Name System/Service
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| Definition |
1. Acronym for Domain Name System. The system by which hosts on the Internet have both domain name addresses (such as bluestem.prairienet.org) and IP addresses (such as 192.17.3.4). The domain name address is used by human users and is automatically translated into the numerical IP address, which is used by the packet-routing software. [...] 2. Acronym for Domain Name Service. The Internet utility that implements the Domain Name System (see definition 1). DNS servers, also called name servers, maintain databases containing the addresses and are accessed transparently to the user.
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| Definition source |
Dizionario di informatica Microsoft Press (CD)
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| Context |
The development of sound, fair, and widely accepted policies for the management of DNS will depend on input from the broad and growing community of Internet users. Management structures should reflect the functional and geographic diversity of the Internet and its users.
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| Context source |
(L)6_5_98dns-US
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| Subject field |
Internet
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| Related concept |
domain name, Internet address
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| it |
DNS
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| Reliability code |
3
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