A key component of the Internet and how it works revolves around the Domain Name System, otherwise known as DNS. The underlying technology behind the Internet, is that when a computer needs to talk to ...

What Is DNS? Everything You Need to Know About the Web's Phone Book Conducting a web search? The Domain Name System converts website names into IP addresses so your computer can understand the query.

When using the Internet most people connect to web sites, ftp servers or other Internet servers by connecting to a domain name, as in www.bleepingcomputer.com. Internet applications, though, do not ...