For protocol NAMESERVER that has been replaced with DNS, see ARPA Host Name Server Protocol.
A name server is a computer application that implements a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service. It translates an often humanly meaningful, text-based identifier to a system-internal, often numeric identification or addressing component. This service is performed by the server in response to a service protocol request.
An example of a name server is 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 and hostnames into the corresponding numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, the second principal name space of the Internet which is used to identify and locate computer systems and resources on the Internet.
A nameserver is a computer application that implements a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service. It translates...
A root nameserver is a nameserver for the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. It directly answers requests for records in the...
ServerName Indication (SNI) is an extension to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) computer networking protocol by which a client indicates which hostname...
may delegate authority over subdomains of their allocated name space to other nameservers. This mechanism provides distributed and fault-tolerant service...
Internet Name Service (WINS) is the Microsoft implementation of NetBIOS Name Service (NBNS), a nameserver and service for NetBIOS computer names. Effectively...
recursive nameserver (also called public DNS resolver) is a nameserver service that networked computers may use to query the Domain Name System (DNS)...
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directory server or nameserver is a server which provides such a service. Each resource on the network is considered an object by the directory server. Information...
and SMB servers, an LDAP server, and a domain nameserver, as well as server applications including a Web server, database, and calendar server. Starting...
networking, a proxy server is a server application that acts as an intermediary between a client requesting a resource and the server providing that resource...
such as default gateway, domain name, the nameservers, and time servers. On receiving a DHCP request, the DHCP server may respond with specific information...
networking, upstream server refers to a server that provides service to another server. In other words, upstream server is a server that is located higher...
many independent implementations of Domain Name System (DNS) nameserver software. Each of these DNS servers is an independent implementation of the DNS...
The GEOnet NamesServer (GNS), sometimes also referred to in official documentation as Geographic Names Data or geonames in domain and email addresses...
service where many websites reside on one web server connected to the Internet. The overall cost of server maintenance is spread over many customers. By...
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Name System (DNS). Its most prominent component, named (pronounced name-dee: /ˈneɪmdiː/, short for name daemon), performs both of the main DNS server...
Server, an edition of Windows NT 3.1. With the release of Windows Server 2003, Microsoft started releasing new versions under the name Windows Server...
hacking in which corrupt Domain Name System data is introduced into the DNS resolver's cache, causing the nameserver to return an incorrect result record...
can prove convenient when running multiple services (like an FTP server and a web server, each running on different ports) from a single IP address. One...
The ARPA Host NameServer Protocol (NAMESERVER), is an obsolete network protocol used in translating a host name to an Internet address. IANA Transmission...
These alternative domain name systems operate their own root nameservers and commonly administer their own specific name spaces consisting of custom...
servers. As documented in RFC 4367, some users and developers make false assumptions about DNS names, such as assuming that a company's common name plus...
server computer. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System (DNS). Any name registered in the DNS is a domain name...
nameserver lookup) is a network administration command-line tool for querying the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain the mapping between domain name...
of data. An OPC Server for one hardware device provides the same methods for an OPC client to access its data as any other OPC Server for any hardware...
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