Domain Name Servers

Get an overview of domain name servers (DNS) and DNS load balancing, as well as its types.

Overview

Domain name servers (DNS) are key components of the internet that translate human-readable domain names (such as “google.com”) into numerical IP addresses that computers use to interact with one another.

How DNS works

When a user enters a domain name or clicks a hyperlink, the browser sends a request to a DNS server to resolve the domain name to an IP address. The DNS server searches its database for the domain name and delivers the appropriate IP address to the browser. The IP address is then used by the browser to connect to the server that hosts the website or service associated with the domain name.

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