Jan 30 · 8 min read · ✅ DNS Record Types Explained How does a browser know where a website lives? When you type a website name like: www.example.com Have you ever wondered… 👉 How does your browser actually find that website? Because the internet does not understand name...
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Jan 29 · 4 min read · How does your browser actually find a website? Let me start with a question that confused me when I was new.When I type youtube.com in the browser and press Enter… how does my laptop know where that website is?I didn’t give any location. I didn’t giv...
Join discussionMar 7, 2024 · 2 min read · What is DNS? Simply explained, DNS (Domain Name System) is a naming system for devices on the internet, from computers to servers to almost anything that is connected to the internet. An example of DNS in action: You want to go to Google Search. How ...
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Jan 8, 2024 · 4 min read · The Phonebook Analogy The human brain is not well designed to store and remember numbers. Instead, it is very good at remembering names. That is why mobile phones store contacts in the form of a number with a name attached to it. For instance, it is ...
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Dec 22, 2023 · 4 min read · What is DNS DNS, standing for "Domain Name System," is a distributed database that provides a translation service between hostnames and IP addresses. On the Internet, every computer has a unique IP address, just like every person has a unique identif...
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Nov 6, 2023 · 3 min read · Ever wondered how the internet whisks you away to Google's homepage when you type "google.com" into your browser? 🤔 It's not magic; it's the amazing Domain Name System (DNS) at work! 🌐 In this enchanting journey through DNS, we'll decode the proces...
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Jun 8, 2023 · 2 min read · Domain name system A Domain Name System (DNS) translates a domain name such as www.example.com to an IP address. DNS is hierarchical, with a few authoritative servers at the top level. Your router or ISP provides information about which DNS server(s)...
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