{"id":4529,"date":"2018-01-08T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T11:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=4529"},"modified":"2021-02-27T09:09:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T09:09:57","slug":"what-is-dns-domain-name-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/what-is-dns-domain-name-system\/","title":{"rendered":"What is DNS (Domain Name System)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Short for\u00a0<strong>Domain Name System (or Service\u00a0 or Server)<\/strong>, an Internet service that translates domain names\u00a0 into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they&#8217;re easier to remember. The Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. 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