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Q174224: Description of Domain Name System (DNS)

Article: Q174224
Product(s): Windows for Workgroups and Windows NT Networking Issues
Version(s): 1.3,2.0,2.5,4.0,95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork win95
Last Modified: 10-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
- The Microsoft Network versions 1.3, 2.0, 2.5 
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This article describes the Domain Name System (DNS) and its major components.

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DNS is the name service for Internet addresses that translates friendly domain
names to numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. For example,
"www.microsoft.com" translates to 198.105.232.6.

DNS consists of the following components:

- Domains: A domain is a logical group of computers in a large network. Access
  to each computer in a given group is controlled by the same server.

- Distributed Database: A distributed database is an archive of information
  about the computers in a network.

- Name Servers: A name server contains address information about other
  computers on the network. This information can be given to client computers
  that make a request to the name server.

- Clients: A client requests information from the servers. In a domain name
  system, the client requests network addressing information from the name
  servers.

- Resolver: A resolver provides clients with address information about other
  computers on the network.

For information about configuring TCP/IP for MSN, The Microsoft Network, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q172552 How to Configure TCP/IP for The Microsoft Network

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnetwork win95 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400 kbWin95search kbMSNSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMSN200 kbMSN130 kbMSN250
Version           : 1.3,2.0,2.5,4.0,95
Issue type        : kbinfo

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