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What is DNS?
DNS stands for Domain Name System.
The main function of DNS is to translate domain names into IP Addresses, which computers can understand. It also provides a list of mail servers which accept Emails for each domain name.
Each domain name in DNS will nominate a set of name servers to be authoritative for its DNS records. This is where all other name servers will be pointed when looking for information about the domain name
- 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?
- What does "resolve" mean in terms of DNS?
- Why am I getting an error adding a DNS record?
- What is an SRV record?