Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

domain name system

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: do-main -name sys-tem
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Phrases

domain name domain name server

Frequently Paired Words

domain name domain name server

Synonyms

DNS

Questions

What does domain name system mean?: 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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