KwickClips Networks and the Internet · 41 sec · free
What does DNS do?
Short answer. It turns a domain name into an IP address.
What does DNS stand for?
Domain Name System.
Remember
| DNS: name to IP address |
You type a name. Computers need a number. Who converts it? The browser asks a DNS server. The server returns the IP address. Then the site opens. Remember. DNS turns names into IP addresses.
This clip is from the full lesson: The Internet, the World Wide Web and URLs — 8 minutes, with the tables, the quick answers and the whole lesson in text.
Useful for: CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications (165), CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications (165), CBSE Class 10 Computer Applications (165), CBSE Class 12 Computer Science (083)
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