Networking

DNS

DNS (Domain Name System) translates human-readable domain names (google.com) to machine-readable IP addresses (142.250.80.46).

Diagram

  Browser ── Query: myapp.com ──▶ [DNS Resolver] ──▶ IP: 54.92.17.33
     │                                                     ▲
     └───────────────── HTTP Request ──────────────────────┘

In Depth

DNS stands for Domain Name System. It acts as the global directories of the internet, mapping text-based domains to physical server IP addresses.

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