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DNS

Definition of DNS

abbreviation

Computing
  • domain name server, the system that automatically translates Internet addresses to the numeric machine addresses that computers use.
  • domain name system, the hierarchical method by which Internet addresses are constructed.

DNS in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of DNS in the US English dictionary
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