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DNS

What is it?

DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is like the phonebook of the internet. It translates website names into IP addresses.


Tech Understandability: Beginner


Simple One-Sentence Definition

DNS helps you reach websites by their names instead of numbers.


Analogy or Comparison

Think of DNS as a translator for website names and web addresses.


Why it matters?

Without DNS, we would have to remember long numbers to visit websites instead of easy names.


Fun Fact

The first domain name ever registered was symbolics.com in 1985.


Related Terms

IP address: An IP address is a unique number assigned to each device on the internet, allowing it to be found.

Domain: A domain is the address that people use to access a website, like example.com.

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