Definitions of domain name servers on the Web:

• The "address books" of the Internet: computers in the Internet system that store domain names, receive requests from computers to be ...
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• A server that retains the addresses and routing information for TCP/IP LAN users.
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• The division of names into domains, the logical organisational principle of the internet naming scheme. ...
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• Every computer on the Internet has a numeric address that allows each one to find and communicate with each other. ...
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