For DNS we have terms and definitions in 16 topics. The topics are Bobsledding, Cellular Networking, Computer Hardware, Domain Name Registration, Domain Names, Information Security, Information Warfare, Internet, Linux, Red Hat, Luge, NASCAR Racing, SCRA Sprint Car Racing, SEO Acronyms, Search Engine Optimization, Technology and Windows Hosting.

DNS (Bobsledding)

Abbreviation for "Did Not Start."

DNS (Cellular Networking)

Internet Domain Name Service/System. See RFC 1035

DNS (Computer Hardware)

Domain Name System - Internet Service that Translates Domain Names into IP Addresses. Every time you use a domain name, a DNS server must translate the name into the corresponding IP address.

DNS (Domain Name Registration)

DNS stands for Domain Name System. This System translates a domain name such as rshweb.com into the Internet Protocol (IP) numbers (209.203.234.42) to find the correct web site - in this case the site for Domain Bank. The network of computers that constitute the Internet map domain names to their corresponding IP numbers. The data is then made available to all computers and users on the Internet.

DNS (Domain Names)

Short for Domain Name System which is used to translate numeric addresses (known as IP, or Internet Protocol, addresses) into words.

DNS (Information Security)

Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed database system used to map IP addresses to host names.

DNS (Information Warfare)

Domain Name Service

DNS (Internet)

(Domain Name System)
The Domain Name System is the system that translates Internet domain names into IP numbers. A "DNS Server" is a server that performs this kind of translation.
See also: Domain Name, IP Number, Server

DNS (Linux, Red Hat)

See domain name system (DNS).

DNS (Luge)

Abbreviation for "did not start." It indicates that an athlete entered the race but withdrew before the first runs.

DNS (NASCAR Racing)

Did not start.

DNS (SCRA Sprint Car Racing)

Did not start.

DNS (SEO Acronyms)

Domain Name System

DNS (Search Engine Optimization)

Acronym for Domain Name System, an Internet protocol that translates domain names into IP addresses.

DNS (Technology)

1. Acronym for Domain Name System. The system by which hosts on the Internet have both domain name addresses (such as bluestem.prairienet.org) and IP addresses (such as 192.17.3.4). The domain name address is used by human users and is automatically translated into the numerical IP address, which is used by the packet-routing software. See also domain name address, IP address. 2. Acronym for Domain Name Service. The Internet utility that implements the Domain Name System (see definition 1). DNS servers, also called name servers, maintain databases containing the addresses and are accessed transparently to the user.

DNS (Windows Hosting)

Domain Name System, a distributed directory used to translate between IP addresses and domain names.

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