Internet names are transformed into IP addresses via the Domain Name System (DNS). Internet names are the human-friendly, simple-to-remember names we use to find websites. Each machine connected to a network is given an IP address, also known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. An IP address can be given a recognizable name thanks to DNS. Users would need to memorize unique IP addresses in order to access network resources without DNS. Users may now recall names rather than numbers thanks to DNS. Additionally, this has the benefit of preserving the internet name even when the host server's IP address changes. Since a computer's IP address depends on its location, if the machine is moved, the IP address typically changes as well. The name can be separated from this using DNS.

DNS Lookups

Internet names are converted into IP addresses using DNS Lookups. A DNS lookup is carried out when a user requests a webpage at a website, for instance www.example.com, and this resolves www.example.com to its IP address, which is 192.0.2.146. Read the DNS Lookups article on this website for more information about DNS lookups.

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