Title: Theory / Unimportant / CS / Hardware / Computer Network - Tanenbaum / 7 - Application layer / 1 DNS
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Name: Domain Name System
Definition: System which translate Domain address to IP
Page: 612
Chapter: 1
Abbreviation: DNS

Name: Internet Coroporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Definition: Organization managing top level domain
Page: 612
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.1
Abbreviation: ICANN

Name: Top Level Domain
Definition: The first division of domain name, rightmost part of a domain,
Page: 613
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.1
Abbreviation: TLD

Name: Generic TLD
Definition: TLD which is not associated with a country
Page: 613
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.1

Name: Cybersquatting
Definition: Buying a domain name to sell it latter with profit
Page: 614
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.1

Name: Absolute domain name
Definition: A domain name ending with a period
Page: 615
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.1

Name: Relative domain name
Definition: A non absolute domain name
Page: 615
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.1

Name: Resource record
Definition: An element of the DNS database, of the form:
Domain_Name Time_to_live class type Value
Page: 616
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.2
Example: The IP address of a ressource
Abbreviation: RR

Question: Domain_name of a resource record represents
Answer: to which domains the RR applies
Page: 616
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.2

Question: Time_to_live of a resource record represents
Answer: how stable the record is
Page: 616
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.2

Question: Class of a resource record is
Answer: IN for internet, arbitrary otherwise
Page: 616
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.2

Typ: The type of R
Meaning: The kind of record the R is.
Page: 616
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.2
Context: Dns
Variables: R a resource record

Name: The type of R
Definition: The kind of record the R is.
Page: 616
Chapter: 1
Section: 1.2
Variables: R a resource record
Context: resource record