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Start your free trialCarolyn Buck
4,067 Pointsis a DNS Server kind of like a translator? the domain name is the input and it finds the corresponding IP address?
is a DNS Server kind of like a translator? the domain name is the input (treehouse) and it finds the corresponding IP address for that web pages host server? DNS Server then packages that together with the return to address (for the device that requested it)
4 Answers
Steven Parker
231,184 PointsNot a bad analogy.
Yes, it does essentially translate a name into an IP address. But it's a bit more than a pure translation because it relies on collected data that can change. So the "translation" you get today might be different than the one you get next week.
iamserda
2,672 PointsYes.
Fredy Martinez
1,673 PointsI wasn't really understanding this so I went to look it up and I recommend it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72snZctFFtA
aditya kujur
848 Pointsit looks like math formula like (a+b) a=8. b=9,c=?, so what we type as words r converted into numbers
Steven Parker
231,184 PointsRather than a "translator" or "formula", you might think of it as a "dictionary". And this dictionary is constantly being changed, so you still need to look up anything each time you use it.