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Meaning of Domain Name System | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

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.

Internet

Equivalents

Français adressage par domaines annuaire des domaines système d'adressage par domaines système de noms de domaine

Examples

“BIND⟳ 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Internet Systems Consortium, Inc., https://web.archive.org/web/20060619063455/http://www.bind⟳9.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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

domain of convergence domain of discourse domain tasting domain theory domain wall Domain-specific

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