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Domain Name System

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Domain Name Service

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Domain Name Server

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Domain Name Search

Internet » Domain Names -- and more...

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Direct Numerical Simulation

Academic & Science » Electronics

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Did Not Start

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Digital Network Services

Computing » Networking

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Do Not Stop

Governmental » Transportation

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DiNitroSalicylic acid

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Domain Naming Service

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Do Not Ship

Business » Products

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Do Not Serve

Business » Restaurants

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Digital Nervous System

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Do Not Surf

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Don't kNow Squat

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Do Not Spit

Miscellaneous » Funnies

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Damn Network Solutions

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Did Not Show for appointment

Medical » Physiology

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Database of Names and Salaries

Business » Accounting

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Definitive No Swap

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Directorate of National Security

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Darned Nasty Setup

Miscellaneous » Funnies

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Domain Name Systemdns

Internet » Domain Names

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A Data Network Server

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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Domain Name Servers

Internet » Domain Names

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What does DNS mean?

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The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical and decentralized naming system used to identify computers, services, and other resources reachable through the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The resource records contained in the DNS associate domain names with other forms of information. These are most commonly used to map human-friendly domain names to the numerical IP addresses computers need to locate services and devices using the underlying network protocols, but have been extended over time to perform many other functions as well. The Domain Name System has been an essential component of the functionality of the Internet since 1985.

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