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Digital Literacy How the Internet Works The Internet Clients and Servers

yaseen kabeer
yaseen kabeer
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Posted by yaseen kabeer
yaseen kabeer
700 Points

I want to know how the server of a computer is determined ?

just want to know how the server name of a computer is determined/ made/ constructed ?

2 Answers

Rachel Riley
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Rachel Riley
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Rachel Riley
Rachel Riley
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A given computer can talk to any number of different servers. Usually the server will be determined by what website you are visiting.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Names are associated with servers by the Domain Name System (DNS).

This is discussed in another course: How the Web Works.

It, and the one you're taking now, are both part of the Digital Literacy track.