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Name Server
NAME SERVERA program that translates names from one form into another. For example, the Internet relies on Domain Name Servers (DNSs) that translate domain names into IP addresses.
What this means to you: Nothing. The district server takes care of it.
by Margie Adkins
NAME SERVER
A program running on a computer in a network that is responsible for managing a domain of host names and IP addresses, and providing that information on request from other nameservers or local software programs. In the Internet Domain Name System, no single name server maintains all names and addresses. Addresses are distributed among many nameservers, which know how to find each other.
by Brian Weinert
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Last updated: 31 July 2000