DNS

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Definition

Domain Name System - translates human-readable website names into computer addresses. Like a phone book that converts 'Pizza Place' into the actual phone number.

Real-World Example

When you type 'google.com', DNS converts it to an IP address like 142.250.185.78 so your browser knows which server to connect to.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All four are managed authoritative DNS services used to host public/private DNS zones, create records (A/AAAA/CNAME/MX/TXT, etc.), and route clients to the right endpoints. AWS Route 53 also includes advanced routing policies and optional health-check-based failover; the others provide comparable DNS hosting with integrations into their respective cloud networking stacks.

AWS
Amazon Route 53
AZ
Azure DNS
GCP
Cloud DNS
OCI
OCI DNS

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