What does DNS stand for?

[TairikuOkami]

Just a little off topic regarding mandela effect. Thanks for participating.

 

[enaph]

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed database in which you can map hostnames to IP addresses through the DNS protocol from a DNS server. Each unique IP address can have an associated hostname.

Source: CISCO

 

[mlnevese]

It means both.

 

[show-Zi]

If it's not a system, the term 'DNS server' becomes mysterious.

On a side note, I misread IoT as LOT at one point and selfishly believed it to be an acronym for 'Life of Technology'. Confirmation of abbreviations is important.

 

[Ink]

Server is just easier, skipping system.

On a side note, I misread IoT as LOT at one point

It's the same with Internet Security / Suite (ie. ("norton is vs avg is") thread creators.

 

[TairikuOkami]

Confirmation of abbreviations is important.

Indeed, like DEA/NSA/NASA stand for Administration not Agency, like some other branches of the US government.

 

[Marko :)]

Just a little off topic regarding mandela effect. Thanks for participating.

I know this, but your poll really got me thinking.