What does DNS stand for?

Domain Name System

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Information technology (IT) and computers

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Through a collaborative industry-wide effort, VeriSign, and the ICANN and business communities can play a part in helping to protect the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) from "man in the middle" and cache poisoning attacks.

United States : VeriSign Announces DNSSEC Deployment Support Plans to ...

The first countries that participate will not only be providing valuable information of the operation of IDNs in the domain name system, they are also going to help to bring the first of billions more people online -- people who never use Roman characters in their daily lives.

ICANN bringing world languages to global Internet

The company said that the Domain Name System (DNS) is responsible for translating host names to IP addresses (and vice versa) and is critical for the correct operation of any Internet enabled device.

US Labor Dept. buys Secure64 DNS Signer to increase security

edu The domain name system was developed in the 1980s to help associate alphanumeric names with the number addresses which the Internet uses as pointers to locations, making it easier for users to memorize and navigate.

Signposts in Cyberspace

The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers yesterday tried to have some of VeriSign Inc's lawsuit against it dismissed on grounds that it interferes with free speech laws, the domain name system management body said.

ICANN Slaps VeriSign with SLAPP Claim

One year after a hacker attack on the Internet's domain name system (DNS), which translates Web addresses into numerical form, a center under the aegis of the Internet Software Consortium (which operates one of the Internet's 13 root servers) has been created to provide incident response capabilities in the event of another attack on the DNS.

Protecting the domain name system

ICANN is the nonprofit corporation responsible for Internet address allocation and domain name system management.

Beginning July 1, accountants and other professionals who had ...

GAO-02-805T June 12, 2002 This report discusses privatizing the management of the Internet domain name system.

Internet Management: Limited Progress on Privatization Project Makes ...