Domain Name System

Proper noun

 * 1)  The distributed database, sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, the Internet uses to translate hostnames into IP addresses and provide other domain-related information.
 * 2) * BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Internet Systems Consortium, Inc., https://web.archive.org/web/20060619063455/http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch01.html
 * The purpose of this document is to explain the installation and upkeep of the BIND software package, and we begin by reviewing the fundamentals of the Domain Name System (DNS) as they relate to BIND. ... The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed database. It stores information for mapping Internet host names to IP addresses and vice versa, mail routing information, and other data used by Internet applications.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 域名系統
 * Mandarin: 域名系統, 網域名稱系統
 * Esperanto: domajna nomsistemo
 * Finnish: verkkotunnusjärjestelmä
 * French: système de noms de domaine,, adressage par domaines, annuaire des domaines
 * Greek: Σύστημα Ονοματοδοσίας Διαδικτύου
 * Thai: ระบบการตั้งชื่อโดเมน