DNS
/diː en es/
Definition
Domain Name System — translates human-readable domain names (api.example.com) into IP addresses.
Example in context
"Deployment failed because DNS propagation took 2 hours — users hit the old server after we switched."
Related terms
Practice this term
Master DNS in context by working through exercises in the Networking & Protocols module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.