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DNS DNS (Domain Name System) is a hierarchical and decentralized naming system for Internet connected resources. DNS maintains a list of domain names along with the resources, such as IP addresses, that are associated with them. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/DNS
DNS lookup DNS lookup is process of translation of human-friendly domain names (such as mozilla.org) to a numeric IP address. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/DNS