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What is DNS?

DNS is a system for computers and services connected to the Internet that resolves domain names to IP addresses. It converts human readable domain names (www.google.com) into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (173.194.39.78).

Computers can only communicate using series of numbers, so DNS was developed as a sort of “phonebook” that translates the domain you enter in your browser into a computer readable IP.