DNS Basics: How the Internet's Phonebook Works

to translate domain names into IP addresses

to act as the first point of contact in the DNS hierarchy, initiating a recursive query to find the IP address

it initiates a recursive query, contacting other DNS servers in the hierarchy to find the authoritative name server

<p>to hold the specific IP address for a domain name</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the local resolver caches it for future use and provides it to the computer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>because it allows users to access online resources using easily recognizable domain names instead of numerical IP addresses</p> Signup and view all the answers