How to understand the Domain Name System
How to understand the Domain Name System By Clare Lawrence 13th
August 2004
Ever wonder why DNS systems came into existence? Efficiency.
Every computer has a distinct IP address, and the Internet
needed an elite method for obtaining these addresses and for
managing the system as a whole. Enter ICANN.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number manages
the DNS root of the Internet domain namespace. ICANN