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  2. Windows Internet Name Service - Wikipedia

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    Like the DNS, it is implemented in two parts, a server service (that manages the embedded Jet Database, server to server replication, service requests, and conflicts) and a TCP/IP client component which manages the client's registration and renewal of names, and takes care of queries. Basically, Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) is a legacy ...

  3. List of the oldest currently registered Internet domain names

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    This is a list of the oldest extant registered generic top-level domains used in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Until late February 1986, Domain Registration was limited to organizations with access to ARPA.

  4. Microsoft DNS - Wikipedia

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    In Windows Vista (and Windows Server 2008) Microsoft moved the registration functionality from the DHCP Client service to the DNS Client service. Servers running Microsoft Windows also attempt to register other information, in addition to their names and IP addresses, such as the locations of the LDAP and Kerberos services that they provide.

  5. Comparison of DNS server software - Wikipedia

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    Authoritative name servers can be primary name servers, also known as master servers, i.e. they contain the original set of data, or they can be secondary or slave name servers, containing data copies usually obtained from synchronization directly with the primary server, either via a DNS mechanism, or by other data store synchronization ...

  6. List of managed DNS providers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable managed DNS providers in a comparison table. A managed DNS provider offers either a web-based control panel or downloadable software that allows users to manage their DNS traffic via specified protocols such as: DNS failover , dynamic IP addresses , SMTP authentication , and GeoDNS .

  7. Name server - Wikipedia

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    Below the root, Internet resources are organized into a hierarchy of domains, administered by the respective registrars and domain name holders. A DNS name server is a server that stores the DNS records, such as address (A, AAAA) records, name server (NS) records, and mail exchanger (MX) records for a domain name (see also List of DNS record ...

  8. Root name server - Wikipedia

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    A root name server is a name server for the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. It directly answers requests for records in the root zone and answers other requests by returning a list of the authoritative name servers for the appropriate top-level domain (TLD).

  9. Name Service Switch - Wikipedia

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    The Name Service Switch (NSS) is an interface of glibc that connects a computer with a variety of sources of common configuration databases and name resolution mechanisms. [1] These sources include local operating system files (such as /etc/passwd , /etc/group , and /etc/hosts ), the Domain Name System (DNS), the Network Information Service ...