What is DNS ?

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What is DNS ?

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DNS stands for Domain Name System, which translates domain names to IP addresses.

DNS is like a phone book for the internet, translating human-readable domain names (like google.com) to IP addresses (like 172.217.3.206).
It helps users access websites and other online services by resolving domain names to their corresponding IP addresses.
DNS also helps in email delivery by translating domain names in email addresses to IP addresses of mail servers.
DNS operates through a distributed network of servers that store DNS records for different domains.
Common DNS record types include A records (for IPv4 addresses), AAAA records (for IPv6 addresses), MX records (for mail servers), and CNAME records (for aliasing).

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