DNS servers
Internet phone books
DNS servers are computers that translate human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses.
When you type a web address like google.com, DNS servers look up which IP address that name points to, allowing your browser to connect to the correct destination.
They function as the internet's phone book, matching names to numbers.
The site wouldn't load because the DNS servers were down.
One who finds solutions
- nameserverDomain name translator
- forwarderLogistics intermediary for goods
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
- clusterGathered group nearby
failover · load balancing · redundancy · availability · uptime · reliability
Request for information
- lookupAct of retrieving information
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- propagationAct of spreading widely
TTL · caching · latency · timeout · round-robin · reverse lookup
Soil surrounding active roots
- TLDWebsite address ending
- registryOfficial record of entries
- registrarKeeper of official records
- domain nameInternet location identifier
subdomain · hostname · namespace · ICANN · delegation
resolver
One who finds solutions
- nameserverDomain name translator
- forwarderLogistics intermediary for goods
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
cluster · failover · load balancing · redundancy · availability · uptime · reliability
query
Request for information
propagation · TTL · caching · latency · timeout · round-robin · reverse lookup
root zone
Soil surrounding active roots
domain name · subdomain · hostname · namespace · ICANN · delegation