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Short description
DNS
Long description
Domain Name System, a protocol to request information associated with domain
names (like "www.debian.org"), most prominently the IP address. The protocol
is used in communication with a DNS server (like BIND).
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For the Internet, there are 13 root DNS servers around the world that keep the
addresses of all registered domain names and provide this information to the
DNS servers of Internet service providers.
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Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System