How Websites are Accessed by Domain Names
Read OriginalThis article provides a beginner-friendly explanation of domain names and the Domain Name System (DNS). It covers what domain names are, why they were developed as human-readable alternatives to IP addresses, and details the technical process of how a browser resolves a domain name to an IP address, involving browser cache, recursive servers, root servers, TLD servers, and authoritative nameservers.
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