What Is DNS? A Guide To The Domain Name System
Are you curious about DNS (domain name system), the system responsible for routing traffic for every domain on the web? In this post, you will learn what DNS is and exactly how it works. Let’s get started: Table of contents What is DNS? What is a nameserver? How do domains work? How do domain servers work? Final thoughts What is DNS? The domain name system (DNS) allows us to access websites with an alphanumeric web address. The world wide web as we know it was invented in 1989, and the first web page didn’t go online until 1991. Still, the internet was being developed and in use decades before then. Your website and other entities hosted on the web have a specific location on the net. This is represented by a numeric IP address, such as 99.84.73.47, similar to how your street address represents the location of your home. Domains, such as bloggingwizard.com, didn’t exist when the internet was being developed. Its users were required to enter a location’s IP addres...