10 November 2017

Full form of DNS

What is the full form of DNS?


Answer :

  • Domain Name System

What does DNS mean?


The term DNS refers to the systematic hierarchical organization of domain names. 

The entire world is completely based on IP ( Internet Protocol ) address. To access any website you need to know its IP address which is a long numeric code. DNS is an internet service that translates a domain name into the corresponding IP address. 

Example -  www.xyz.com This is called the domain name with the use of DNS it will get translated into its IP address 198.104.123.3 

Domain Type Description :

.com - Indicates a commercial organization
.net - Indicates a network service provider organization
.edu - Indicates an academic organization
.gov - Indicates government organization in united states
.int - Indicates an international organization
.org - Indicates noncommercial organization

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