domain name system

(dō′mān ′nām ′sis·təm)

(computer science) Abbreviated DNS. A system used on the Internet to map the easily remembered names of host computers (domain names) to their respective Internet Protocol (IP) numbers. A software database program that converts domain names to Internet Protocol addresses, and vice versa.

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