Domain Name System

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distributed system hierarchical database internet protocol naming system

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the hierarchical, distributed naming infrastructure of the internet that translates human-readable domain names into numerical IP addresses used by computers.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
DNS 9
Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities 2
Domain Name System core specifications 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf distributed system ⓘ
hierarchical database ⓘ
internet protocol ⓘ
naming system ⓘ
abbreviation Domain Name System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DNS
administeredBy Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ⓘ
surface form: IANA

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ⓘ
surface form: ICANN
createdBy Paul Mockapetris ⓘ
defaultPort 53 ⓘ
definedAs hierarchical and distributed naming system for computers, services, and other resources connected to the internet or a private network ⓘ
hasComponent DNS resolver ⓘ
authoritative name server ⓘ
recursive resolver ⓘ
root name server ⓘ
top-level domain name server ⓘ
zone file ⓘ
hasConcept domain name ⓘ
resource record ⓘ
zone ⓘ
hasRecordType A ⓘ
AAAA ⓘ
CNAME ⓘ
MX ⓘ
NS ⓘ
PTR ⓘ
SOA ⓘ
SRV ⓘ
TXT ⓘ
introducedInYear 1983 ⓘ
namingStructure hierarchical ⓘ
operatesOnLayer application layer ⓘ
primaryFunction map IP addresses to domain names ⓘ
provide other information associated with domain names ⓘ
translate domain names into IP addresses ⓘ
replaced HOSTS.TXT ⓘ
scope global internet ⓘ
securityExtension DNSSEC ⓘ
specifiedIn Domain Name System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RFC 1034

RFC 1035 ⓘ
standardizedBy Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ
surface form: IETF
supportsAddressFamily IPv4 ⓘ
IPv6 ⓘ
supportsFeature caching ⓘ
delegation ⓘ
load distribution ⓘ
reverse lookup ⓘ
usedFor email routing ⓘ
service discovery ⓘ
web browsing ⓘ
usesProtocol Transmission Control Protocol ⓘ
surface form: TCP

UDP ⓘ
vulnerability DNS spoofing ⓘ
cache poisoning ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Domain Name System → abbreviation → Domain Name System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DNS
Internet governance → concerns → Domain Name System ⓘ
Jon Postel → contributedTo → Domain Name System ⓘ
RFCs → defines → Domain Name System ⓘ
subject surface form: RFC
this entity surface form: DNS
RFC 882 → definesProtocol → Domain Name System ⓘ
RFC 882 → definesProtocol → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: DNS
Paul Mockapetris → developed → Domain Name System ⓘ
Root Server System Advisory Committee → field → Domain Name System ⓘ
RFC 882 → intendedUse → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Specification of the Domain Name System
.sh → managedUnder → Domain Name System ⓘ
Paul Mockapetris → notableWork → Domain Name System ⓘ
Domain Name System root zone → partOf → Domain Name System ⓘ
RFC 1035 → partOf → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domain Name System core specifications
RFC 1035 → protocol → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: DNS
RFC 883 → protocolFamily → Domain Name System ⓘ
.dj → relatedStandard → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: DNS
.fm → relatedStandard → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: DNS
Handle System → relatedTo → Domain Name System ⓘ
Domain Name System → specifiedIn → Domain Name System self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RFC 1034
RFC 883 → specifies → Domain Name System ⓘ
Root Server System → supportsProtocol → Domain Name System ⓘ
.no → technicalStandard → Domain Name System ⓘ
.np → technicalStandard → Domain Name System ⓘ
RFC 1034 → title → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
RFC 882 → title → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
RFC 883 → title → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
GAC Communiqués → topic → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: Domain Name System policy
UDP → usedBy → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: DNS
Web architecture → uses → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: DNS
PTI → usesIdentifierSystem → Domain Name System ⓘ
subject surface form: Public Technical Identifiers
the internet → usesNamingSystem → Domain Name System ⓘ
subject surface form: Internet
Domain Name System root zone → usesProtocol → Domain Name System ⓘ
this entity surface form: DNS
PH Domain Foundation → usesProtocol → Domain Name System ⓘ