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Google's Faster DNS Service

Discussion in 'Technology' started by tcBob, Dec 3, 2009.

  1. Dec 5, 2009 at 8:25 PM
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    4x4Runner

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    DNs is Domain Name System or Service. Think of it like a phone book. Computers and servers on the internet all have IP addresses associated with them as well as names. It's much easier for a person to remember a name than an IP address so a DNS server resolves the IP address to a name.

    Tacomaworld.com is 75.126.191.34. Which is esier to remember?
     
  2. Dec 5, 2009 at 8:56 PM
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    That's all well and good, but what's the point of google giving out a DNS? What makes it faster if it's all just a name?
     
  3. Dec 5, 2009 at 9:14 PM
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    Eh, it might be a little faster on paper, but my finger dyno says it's about the same...

    Their server may be faster itself, but if I have to travel farther to get to it than one that may be at a CO more locally, it may just negate the milliseconds I might be saving... just a hypothesis.
     

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