Internet service which translates names of sites into their numeric addresses (Computers)
DNS, Domain Name Service, Internet service which translates names of sites into their numeric addresses
The online
distributed database system that (a) is used to map human-readable addresses into
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, (b) has servers throughout the Internet to implement hierarchical addressing that allows a site administrator to assign machine names and addresses, (c) supports separate mappings between mail destinations and IP addresses, and (d) uses
domain names that (i) consist of a
sequence of names,
i.e., labels, separated by periods,
i.e., dots, (ii) usually are used to name Internet
host computers uniquely, (iii) are hierarchical, and (iv) are processed from right to left, such as the host nic.ddn.mil has a name (nic -- the Network Information Center), a subdomain (ddn -- the
Defense Data Network), and a primary domain (mil -- the MILNET).
