What is DNS? A Comprehensive Guide to the Internet’s Directory

Every time you send an email, scroll through social media, or visit a website, you are using the Domain Name System, or DNS. Think of it as the internet’s phonebook. It’s a foundational technology that works silently in the background, translating the simple, memorable website names we use every day into the numerical addresses that computers need to communicate. Without DNS, the internet as we know it would be unusable.

This post was originally published on Elementor by Itamar Haim.

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