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Any time the computer uses a domain name! Ping is used in networking classes as an example. Here are some examples:

  • You send an email to somebody@someserver.com. DNS needs to resolve the server name someserver.com.
    • In your browser, you type wiki.answers.com. DNS needs to resolve the host name wiki.answers.com.
    • You access FTP site ftp://ftp.someftpserver.com. DNS needs to resolve the host name ftp.someftpserver.com.
    • Your MSN Messenger contacts the Microsoft servers - perhaps a host name such as msn.com. In all those cases, a hostname is provided by the user, or it is already programmed into some software. To actually communicate, the corresponding IP address must be found.
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