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Carolyn Buck
Carolyn Buck
4,067 Points
Posted by Carolyn Buck
Carolyn Buck
4,067 Points

is a DNS Server kind of like a translator? the domain name is the input and it finds the corresponding IP address?

is a DNS Server kind of like a translator? the domain name is the input (treehouse) and it finds the corresponding IP address for that web pages host server? DNS Server then packages that together with the return to address (for the device that requested it)

4 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
220,416 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
220,416 Points

Not a bad analogy.

Yes, it does essentially translate a name into an IP address. But it's a bit more than a pure translation because it relies on collected data that can change. So the "translation" you get today might be different than the one you get next week.

iamserda
iamserda
2,672 Points
iamserda
iamserda
2,672 Points

Yes.

Fredy Martinez
Fredy Martinez
1,673 Points
Fredy Martinez
Fredy Martinez
1,673 Points

I wasn't really understanding this so I went to look it up and I recommend it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72snZctFFtA

aditya kujur
aditya kujur
848 Points
aditya kujur
aditya kujur
848 Points

it looks like math formula like (a+b) a=8. b=9,c=?, so what we type as words r converted into numbers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
220,416 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
220,416 Points

Rather than a "translator" or "formula", you might think of it as a "dictionary". And this dictionary is constantly being changed, so you still need to look up anything each time you use it.