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Computer Applications : DNS (Domain Name System): Glossary

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DNS : Domain Name System an Internet service that translates domain name into IP address.

 

IP address : used to uniquely identify a computer over the network.

 

URL : Uniform Resource Locator, the address of a specific web page or file on the Internet.

 

Domain Name space : A naming system on which domain names are in a hierarchical and logical tree structure.

 

Domain Name : a symbolic name associated with an IP address

 

Name server : Contains the DNS database which consists of domain names and their corresponding IP addresses.

 

ICANN : Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and Numbers, Non-profit organization which regulates an Internet.

 

IANA : Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is an affiliated authority of ICANN.

 

Zone : A group of contiguous domains and sub domains in the Domain Name Space.

 

The resolver : a program which is responsible for initiating the translation of a domain name into an IP address

 

TLD : Top Level Domain, domains below the root domain

 

IPv4 /IPv6 : Internet Protocol version 4/6

 

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