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What does "resolve" mean in terms of DNS?
An A-record exists which maps the hostname ‘www’ for the domain ‘yourdomain.com’ to an IP address 217.28.124.132. If you wished to view the website at ‘www.yourdomain.com’, your browser would require the IP Address of ‘www.yourdomain.com’ in order to connect to the hosting server. The IP Address for ‘www.yourdomain.com’ would be requested through DNS, and if successful then you would say that “‘www.yourdomain.com’ resolved to 217.28.124.132”.
- What is DNS?
- What are Name servers?
- What are 3rd Party Name Servers?
- What is a glue record?
- What are cached DNS records?
- What is an FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)?
- What is a hostname?
- What are public and private IP addresses?
- How can I modify the DNS for a domain?
- What is an A Record?
- What is a CNAME record?
- What is an MX record?
- What is a TXT record?
- What is an NS record?
- What is an SPF (sender policy framework) record?
- What happens if I edit my DNS?
- How can I reset the DNS to default?
- Why can’t I edit the DNS for my domain?
- Where can I manage my DNS within my control panel?
- How long will changes to the DNS take to update?
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- Why am I getting an error adding a DNS record?