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Domain Name System en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (Internet) The distributed database, sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, the Internet uses to translate hostnames into IP addresses and provide other domain-related information.
   • BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Internet Systems Consortium, Inc., https://web.archive.org/web/20060619063455/http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch01.html The purpose of this document is to explain the installation and upkeep of the BIND software package, and we begin by reviewing the fundamentals of the Domain Name System (DNS) as they relate to BIND. ... The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed database. It stores information for mapping Internet host names to IP addresses and vice versa, mail routing information, and other data used by Internet applications.

Relateds

domain name · domain name server

Synonyms

DNS

Translations (15)

cmn 網域名稱系統 /网域名称系统 (hostname translation database) · fr adressage par domaines (hostname translation database) · fi verkkotunnusjärjestelmä (hostname translation database) · fr système de noms de domaine (hostname translation database) · fr annuaire des domaines (hostname translation database) · el Σύστημα Ονοματοδοσίας Διαδικτύου (hostname translation database) · pl Domain Name System (hostname translation database) · cmn 域名系統 /域名系统 (hostname translation database) · th ระบบการตั้งชื่อโดเมน (hostname translation database) · ar نِظَامُ أَسْمَاءِ ٱلنِّطَاقَات (hostname translation database) · eo domajna nomsistemo (hostname translation database) · de Domain-Namen-System (hostname translation database) · de Domain Name System (hostname translation database) · fr système d'adressage par domaines (hostname translation database) · yue 域名系統 /域名系统 (hostname translation database)