Feb 15 · 5 min read · Have you ever wondered when you type a website on your browser, how it finds that exact server that hosts that site among a gazillion sites on the internet? This is where the “magic” of DNS comes in. What is DNS? DNS stands for Domain Name System. Th...
Join discussionFeb 15 · 2 min read · First Question How does a browser know where a website lives after you type its name? Computers don't understand names — they understand numbers called IP addresses. DNS acts like the phonebook of the internet that converts names into addresses Why D...
Join discussionJan 31 · 5 min read · You type example.com into your browser, press Enter, and the website appears. But how does that happen? How does the browser know where the website lives? The internet has no idea what example.com is. It only understands numbers. Specifically, IP add...
Join discussionJan 31 · 5 min read · Have you ever stopped and wondered: “How does my browser actually know where a website lives?” You type a website name, hit Enter, and boom, the page loads. No maps. No directions. No confusion. But behind the scenes, something very important is happ...
Join discussionJan 31 · 17 min read · How Does a Browser Know Where a Website Lives? Imagine you're trying to call a friend. You could dial their phone number from memory, but most of us keep our friends' numbers saved in our phone's contact list. Instead of remembering "555-1234," you j...
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Jan 30 · 6 min read · Now you are here to know about DNS i assume, you are quite a dev learner right? so give me your 10 mints and i will take you to the ladder which reaches the depth of Domain Name System. Now starting with, How does a browser know where a website actua...
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Jan 30 · 4 min read · “How does a browser know where a website lives?” Wondered How a Web Browser Knows Where to Go When You Enter a URL? For example, when you enter "google.com" in your browser and press Enter, Google's website appears instantly on your screen. Although ...
Join discussionJan 30 · 4 min read · Tell me, when you type a website address in the browser address bar, how does a browser know which machine (server) have the website hosted? As all the machines connected to the Internet requires an IP address, we (browser) needs that particular IP a...
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Jan 30 · 4 min read · DNS records are like different types of contacts in a phonebook for computers IP address, it tells what domain name corresponds to which IP address and what type it is. DNS Records are specified and stored in the authoritative DNS servers. It has mul...
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