"Domain Name System" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Domain Name System}} Domain Name System
  1. (computing, Internet) 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. Wikipedia link: Domain Name System Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Computing, Internet Synonyms: DNS Related terms: domain name, domain name server Translations (hostname translation database): 域名系統 /域名系统 (alt: wik⁶ meng⁴⁻² hai⁶ tung²) (Chinese Cantonese), 域名系統 /域名系统 (yùmíng xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 網域名稱系統 /网域名称系统 (wǎngyù míngchēng xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), domajna nomsistemo (Esperanto), verkkotunnusjärjestelmä (Finnish), système de noms de domaine [masculine] (French), système d’adressage par domaines [masculine] (French), adressage par domaines [masculine] (French), annuaire des domaines [masculine] (French), Σύστημα Ονοματοδοσίας Διαδικτύου (Sýstima Onomatodosías Diadiktýou) [neuter] (Greek), ระบบการตั้งชื่อโดเมน (rá-bòp gaan dtâng chêu-doh-mayn) (Thai)

Alternative forms

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