DNS stands for Domain Name System. It is used to resolve the host name to associated address.
It is based on the hierarchical naming scheme and the database that contains the IP addresses with the associated names.
The Domain name system comprises of Domain Names, Domain Name Space, Name Server that have been described below:
Domain Names
Domain Name is a symbolic string associated with an IP address. There are several domain names available; some of them are generic such as com, edu
Domain Name
Meaning
Com
Commercial business
Edu
Education
Gov
U.S. government agency
Int
International entity
Mil
U.S. military
Net
Networking organization
Org
Non profit organization
Country Wise Domains
Domain Name
Meaning
au
Australia
in
India
cl
Chile
fr
France
us
United States
za
South Africa
uk
United Kingdom
jp
Japan
es
Spain
de
Germany
ca
Canada
ee
Estonia
hk
Hong Kong
The domain name space refers a hierarchy in the internet naming structure. This hierarchy has multiple levels (from 0 to 127), with a root at the top. The following diagram shows the domain name space hierarchy:
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