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DNS

abbr.
domain name system
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DNS

abbreviation for
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (formerly in Britain)Department for National Savings
2. (Computer Science) computing domain name system
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Additionally, a contract between DOC and ICANN authorizes ICANN to perform various technical functions such as allocating IP address blocks, editing the root zone file, and coordinating the assignment of unique protocol numbers.
Internet domain names: background and policy issues
The closing chapters list the statements and clauses used in the BIND configuration file, zone file directives, application program interfaces (API), resolver libraries, and binary message formats.
Pro DNS and BIND
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