DOMAIN NAME SERVER
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.
Computers connected to the internet whose job it is to keep track of the IP addresses and domain names of other machines.When called upon,they take the ASCII domain name and convert it to the relevant numeric IP address.
