Domain Name System

proper noun

The distributed database, sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, the Internet uses to translate hostnames into IP addresses and provide other domain-related information.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. InternetcomputingThe distributed database, sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, the Internet uses to translate hostnames into IP addresses and provide other domain-related information.
    1 more example

    BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Internet Systems Consortium, Inc., https://web.archive.org/web/20060619063455/http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch01.html The purpose of this document is to explain the installation and upkeep of the BIND software package, and we begin by reviewing the fundamentals of the Domain Name System (DNS) as they relate to BIND. ... The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed database. It stores information for mapping Internet host names to IP addresses and vice versa, mail routing information, and other data used by Internet applications.

    Synonyms: DNS

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounThe distributed database, sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, the Internet uses to translate hostnames into IP addresses and provide other domain-related information.

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DNS

Translations

Arabic نِظَامُ أَسْمَاءِ ٱلنِّطَاقَات
  • نِظَامُ أَسْمَاءِ ٱلنِّطَاقَات (niẓāmu ʔasmāʔi n-niṭāqāt)hostname translation database
Chinese Cantonese 域名系統 /域名系统
  • 域名系統 /域名系统hostname translation database
Chinese Mandarin 域名系統 /域名系统, 網域名稱系統 /网域名称系统
  • 域名系統 /域名系统 (yùmíng xìtǒng)hostname translation database
  • 網域名稱系統 /网域名称系统 (wǎngyù míngchēng xìtǒng)hostname translation database
Esperanto domajna nomsistemo
  • domajna nomsistemohostname translation database
Finnish verkkotunnusjärjestelmä
  • verkkotunnusjärjestelmähostname translation database
French système de noms de domaine, système d'adressage par domaines
  • système de noms de domainehostname translation database
  • système d'adressage par domaineshostname translation database
  • adressage par domaineshostname translation database
  • annuaire des domaineshostname translation database
German Domain-Namen-System, Domain Name System
  • Domain-Namen-Systemhostname translation database
  • Domain Name Systemhostname translation database
Greek Σύστημα Ονοματοδοσίας Διαδικτύου
  • Σύστημα Ονοματοδοσίας Διαδικτύου (Sýstima Onomatodosías Diadiktýou)hostname translation database
Polish Domain Name System
  • Domain Name Systemhostname translation database
Thai ระบบการตั้งชื่อโดเมน
  • ระบบการตั้งชื่อโดเมน (rá-bòp gaan dtâng chêu-doh-mayn)hostname translation database
Cite this entry
APA

Domain Name System. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Domain%20Name%20System

MLA

“Domain Name System.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Domain%20Name%20System. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Domain Name System,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Domain%20Name%20System.

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