A Simple Introduction to DNS
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The internet works because every computer that is connected to it, all use the same protocol to communicate and to route traffic.Without this universal protocol the networks that make up the internet would not be able to route the information to the correct destination.
The TCP/IP protocol that deals with the way information is shared across the internet is one of the oldest and certainly one of the most reliable. The numerical address of the protocol is what is known as the IP address of the computer, and every machine is given a unique number when they connect to the internet. This gives us humans the main pitfall of this long established system; we find it hard to remember numbers.
As humans we like to give everything a name, to help us identify things and recall them later and it is much easier to remember an alphanumeric name than a series of numbers.
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