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Domain Name System or DNS Hosting Service
A Domain Name System or DNS hosting service is a service that runs Domain Name System servers. Most, but not all, domain name registrars include Domain Name System or DNS hosting service with registration. Free Domain Name System or DNS hosting services also exist. Almost all Domain Name System or DNS hosting services are "shared"; except for the most popular Internet websites, there is no need to dedicate a server to hosting Domain Name System or DNS for a single website. Many third-party Domain Name System or DNS hosting services provide Dynamic Domain Name System or DNS.
Domain Name System or DNS hosting service is better when the provider has multiple servers in various geographic locations that minimize latency for clients around the world.
Domain Name System or DNS can also be self-hosted by running Domain Name System or DNS software on generic Internet hosting services.
Domain Name System or DNS translates humanly meaningful domain names to the numerical (binary) identifiers associated with networking equipment for the purpose of locating and addressing these devices world-wide. For example, www.mywebsite.com translates to 208.77.188.166.
The Domain Name System or DNS makes it possible to assign domain names to groups of Internet users in a meaningful way independent of each user's physical location.
Free Domain Name System or DNS
A number of sites offer free Domain Name System or DNS hosting, either for second level domains registered with registrars which do not offer free (or sufficiently flexible) Domain Name System or DNS service, or as third level domains (selection.somedomain.com). These services generally also offer Dynamic Domain Name System or DNS. In many cases the free Domain Name System services can be upgraded with various premium services.
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