domain name service - Revision history

Woozle: revised to distinguish between three related "DNS" articles

2015-01-18T17:33:25Z

revised to distinguish between three related "DNS" articles

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	==About==		==About==
	A [[domain name service]] (DNS) is a computer program which looks up the [[IP address]] for each [[domain name]] it is given. Due to the design of the internet, the local program must talk to an "upstream server" in order to find out information about domain names that ~~are outside the local network~~; this upstream service is generally included as part of the service provided by an [[internet service provider]].{{seed}}		A [[domain name service]] ([[DNS]]) is a computer program (aka "process" or "daemon") which looks up and returns the [[IP address]] for each [[domain name]] it is given. Due to the design of the [[internet]], the local program must talk to an "upstream server" in order to find out information about domain names that it doesn't already know; this upstream service is generally included as part of the service provided by an [[internet service provider]].{{seed}}
			==Related==
			A domain name service process operates within the framework of a larger [[domain name system]] (also shortened to "[[DNS]]").
			===Nomenclature===
			Wikipedia refers to domain name service software as "[[Domain Name System]] software", which is technically correct but doesn't distinguish between the [[domain name system\|system overall]] and the particular component which represents the overall system as a service within a given network.
	==Related==		==Related==
	* [[distributed DNS]] is a form of DNS that is decentralized and does not ultimately rely on a central [[domain name registry]]		* [[distributed DNS]] is a form of DNS that is decentralized and does not ultimately rely on a central [[domain name registry]]
	==Links==		==Links==
	~~===Reference===~~
	* {{wikipedia}}
	===Projects===		===Projects===
	* [http://www.opendns.com/about/ OpenDNS]: free alternative upstream DNS servers (though they reportedly return advertising-laden "search help" pages for domains not recognized, in much the same way that [[Earthlink]]'s DNS does)		* [http://www.opendns.com/about/ OpenDNS]: free alternative upstream DNS servers (though they reportedly return advertising-laden "search help" pages for domains not recognized, in much the same way that [[Earthlink]]'s DNS does)

Woozle: updated a bit; link to new distributed DNS page

2012-01-01T14:38:08Z

updated a bit; link to new distributed DNS page

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	[[category:computer terminology]]~~The~~ [[domain name service]]~~, commonly abbreviated "~~DNS", is a computer program which looks up the [[IP address]] for each [[domain name]] it is given. Due to the design of the internet, the local program must talk to an "upstream server" in order to find out information about domain names that are outside the local network; this upstream service is generally included as part of the service provided by an [[internet service provider]].{{seed}}		[[page type::article]]
			[[thing type::software protocol]]
			[[thing type::software service]]
			[[category:computer terminology]]
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			==About==
			A [[domain name service]] (DNS) is a computer program which looks up the [[IP address]] for each [[domain name]] it is given. Due to the design of the internet, the local program must talk to an "upstream server" in order to find out information about domain names that are outside the local network; this upstream service is generally included as part of the service provided by an [[internet service provider]].{{seed}}
			==Related==
			* [[distributed DNS]] is a form of DNS that is decentralized and does not ultimately rely on a central [[domain name registry]]
	==Links==		==Links==
	===Reference===		===Reference===

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2007-07-29T21:03:40Z

New page: ==Overview== category:computer terminologyThe domain name service, commonly abbreviated "DNS", is a computer program which looks up the IP address for each domain name it i...

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==Overview==
[[category:computer terminology]]The [[domain name service]], commonly abbreviated "DNS", is a computer program which looks up the [[IP address]] for each [[domain name]] it is given. Due to the design of the internet, the local program must talk to an "upstream server" in order to find out information about domain names that are outside the local network; this upstream service is generally included as part of the service provided by an [[internet service provider]].{{seed}}
==Links==
===Reference===
* {{wikipedia}}
===Projects===
* [http://www.opendns.com/about/ OpenDNS]: free alternative upstream DNS servers (though they reportedly return advertising-laden "search help" pages for domains not recognized, in much the same way that [[Earthlink]]'s DNS does)