DNS Record Types Explained
Jan 31 · 4 min read · Introduction When I first started learning web development, one question really confused me. How does a browser know where a website lives? We type a website name like google.com, but the internet works with numbers, not names. That’s where DNS comes...
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How DNS Resolution Works
Jan 31 · 3 min read · 1. What is DNS and why name resolution exists Computers communicate using IP addresses (like 142.250.190.46).But as humans we cannot remember strings of numbers, rather it is easier to remember names.DNS exists to bridge this gap. It is a hierarchica...
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How DNS Resolutions works
Jan 31 · 3 min read · Introducing the DNS and its Duties Introducing DNS ~ The Domain Name System. The DNS acts as the phonebook of the internet, converting text-based URLs that we use to look for specific websites, into numerical (machine-readable) IP addresses. Thanks t...
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Types of DNS records and what do they actually mean?
Jan 31 · 2 min read · So what is DNS exactly? The websites on internet have a specific address(eg 140.220.50.46). We, as users, cannot remember these addresses so we map it onto words (eg www.google.com). Think of it this way : human language(google.com), machine lanugage...
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Jan 30 · 7 min read · What is DNS? The Domain Name System (DNS) is a critical part of the internet. DNS is often likened to a phone book. The DNS takes human-readable domain names, such as www.apple.com , and maps them to numeric IP addresses that are readable by machines...
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Jan 30 · 6 min read · Problem without DNS Before I start, I expect you to have basic understanding of IP addresses. You know, they are just numerical label that is given to each devices in a computer network to uniquely identify them, right? So, let suppose I wanna talk t...
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How DNS Resolution Works?
Jan 30 · 5 min read · All over the internet, every website we open, uses names like chaicode.com, masterji.co, etc, because we humans understand and remember names more easily. But the computers do not understand names, they only understand IP addresses. To convert names ...
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How DNS Resolution Works
Jan 30 · 6 min read · To understand DNS resolution, we first need to know how a browser accesses a website. Every device on the internet has a unique IP address, and to communicate with a server, we need its IP. But remembering IP addresses like 142.250.195.78 for every w...
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How DNS Resolution Works
Jan 30 · 4 min read · Computers are great at numbers, but they aren't very good at remembering names. Humans are the exact opposite. DNS (Domain Name System) is the bridge that helps us coexist. What is DNS? DNS is the Internet’s Phonebook. In the physical world, if you ...
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