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The Domain Name Mechanism
This document describes the whole mechanism by which Domain Names are resolved into IP addresses. This description will tell you how Domain registrations relate to DNS servers and IP Addresses.

A "Domain" is a string of text like "AdventurePages.com", identifying a unique resource somewhere on the internet. When you type a domain name into your browser, your browser contacts the Root Server for the internet. This Root server looks up the registration for your domain,then gives your browser the IP address of the DNS server that is handling your domain. The DNS server then contains the exact IP address for the website you are looking for.

Thus in order for the above mechanism to work, the domain name must be registered with the root server. For details on Registration alone, see All About Domain Registrations The root server registration alone does not translate the web address. It only points to the Domain Name Servers (DNS Servers) that handle your domain. For example, ns1.bluesoft.ca. The DNS servers then provide the IP address for your website, email server and other information associated with your domain.

Example Here's how it all works: Imagine someone typing "AdventurePages.com" into a browser somewhere in Africa that has never heard of AdventurePages.com. The first thing that browser does is contact the "root servers" to find out the DNS servers for that domain. The root server will tell that browser that the name servers are "ns1.bluesoft.ca" (209.53.249.1) and "ns2.bluesoft.ca". The browser will then ask ns1.bluesoft.ca for the actual IP address of the "web server" for AdventurePages.com. ns1.bluesoft.ca will answer back that the web address is 209.53.249.85. Once it has the address the browser can then ask for the default page associated with that website. All this happens in a split second.

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