What Does Dns Stand for in Linux?
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The DNS (Domain Name System) is a naming system for computers, the service that does that is the DNS server which translates an IP address to a human-readable address.

What is DNS and its purpose?

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. … This record is used to point your domain name to an IP address.

How do I find my DNS server Linux?

To determine what DNS servers are being used, you simply need to view the contents of the “/etc/resolv. conf” file. This can be done via a graphical editing tool such as gedit, or can easily be viewed from the command line with a simple “cat” of the file, to show the contents.

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