DNS

A Domain Name Server  maps IP numbers  to a more easily remembered name. When you type http://www.webguest.com  into your browser , the DNS (specified when you installed dial-up networking) searchs for a matching IP address (208.28.202.95). If the DNS doesn't find an entry in its database, it will ask other DNSs until the entry is found, and you will see our site. Otherwise, you'll get an error message from your browser.

An acronym for Domain Name Server, DNS refers to a database of Internet names and addresses which translates the names to the official Internet Protocol numbers and vice versa.

Abbreviation for Domain Name System. A distributed client-server database system which links domain names with their numerical IP adresses.

See: Domain Name System

The DNS is a general purpose distributed, replicated, data query service. The principal use is the lookup of host IP addresses based on host names. The style of host names now used in the Internet is called "domain name", because they are the style of names used to look up anything in the DNS. Some important domains are: .COM (commercial), .EDU (educational), .NET (network operations), .GOV (U.S. government), and .MIL (U.S. military). Most countries also have a domain. For example, .US (United States), .UK (United Kingdom), .AU (Australia). It is defined in STD 13, RFCs 1034 and 1035. See also: Fully Qualified Domain Name.

DNS (Digital Nervous System ) or ( Domain Name System ) The DNS translates URL text addresses into a numeric internet address(such as dem.com to 125.23.7.167).

Allows users to relate to computers on the internet by using textual addresses(eg.www.plnet.net)for ease of use,rather than the IP Address system.