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Domain Name System

Domain Name System proper noun: the distributed database, sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, the Internet uses to translate hostnames into IP addresses and provide other domain-related information.

Proper noun

Domain Name System

  1. (Internet) The distributed database, sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, the Internet uses to translate hostnames into IP addresses and provide other domain-related information.
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    Synonyms:
    DNS

Domain Name System meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Thai

Domain Name System in Tamil

களப் பெயர் அமைப்பு

Domain Name System in Arabic

hostname translation database
نِظَامُ أَسْمَاءِ ٱلنِّطَاقَات niẓāmu ʔasmāʔi n-niṭāqāt

Domain Name System in Thai

hostname translation database
ระบบการตั้งชื่อโดเมน rá-bòp gaan dtâng chêu-doh-mayn

Synonyms of Domain Name System

Questions about Domain Name System

What does Domain Name System mean?
Domain Name System means the distributed database, sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, the Internet uses to translate hostnames into IP addresses and provide other domain-related information.
What is Domain Name System in Tamil?
Domain Name System in Tamil is களப் பெயர் அமைப்பு. See Domain Name System meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Domain Name System?
Domain Name System is a proper noun.

Words near Domain Name System in the dictionary

  1. domain name
  2. domain name server
  3. domain name servers
  4. domain name service
  5. domain name services
  6. Domain Name System
  7. domain names
  8. domain of convergence
  9. domain of discourse
  10. domain tasting
  11. domain theory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Domain Name System (page history and authors); domain name system (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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