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Name server         
SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING COMPUTERS NAMES TO THEIR NUMERIC ADDRESSES
Nameserver; Domain name server; DNS Server; DNS server; Authoritative Answer; Dns server; DNS cache; Name Server; Authoritative name server; Caching name server; Domain Name Server; Domain nameserver; Domain Nameserver; Name Servers; Name servers; Nameservers; Recdns
A name server refers to the server component of the Domain Name System (DNS), one of the two principal namespaces of the Internet. The most important function of DNS servers is the translation (resolution) of human-memorable domain names (example.
Domain Name Server         
SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING COMPUTERS NAMES TO THEIR NUMERIC ADDRESSES
Nameserver; Domain name server; DNS Server; DNS server; Authoritative Answer; Dns server; DNS cache; Name Server; Authoritative name server; Caching name server; Domain Name Server; Domain nameserver; Domain Nameserver; Name Servers; Name servers; Nameservers; Recdns
<spelling> Domain Name System. (1997-12-15)
ARPA Host Name Server Protocol         
LONG-OBSOLETE HOSTNAME LOOKUP PROTOCOL
DARPA Host Name Server Protocol; IEN 116; IEN116; Tnamed
The ARPA Host Name Server Protocol (NAMESERVEROFFICIAL INTERNET PROTOCOLS (see "IEN 116" at top of page 31)), is an obsolete network protocol used in translating a host name to an Internet address. IANA Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port 42 for NAMESERVER; this port is more commonly used by the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) on Microsoft operating systems.
Pronunciation examples for name server
1. name server that, in turn, dropped a couple
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Examples of use of name server
1. "Your computer has to go to a domain name server.
2. In one of the early cases examined, the unknown assailant apparently seized control of an Internet name server in South Africa and deliberately corrupted its contents.