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Dns vs Server - What's the difference?

dns | server |

As an initialism dns

is (label) domain name system.

As a noun server is

server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users).

dns

English

Initialism

(Initialism) (en-initialism)
  • (label) Domain Name System
  • The protocol used by the Domain Name System
  • (label) Domain Name Services; the services provided by the Domain Name System
  • (label) Did Not Start

    • See also

    * (sports) DNF, DNQ, DSQ, DQ, Q

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    * Joyce, John. "Those Damn Network Acronyms". Scientific Computing, June 2007, pg. 12. ----

    server

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who serves; a waitress or waiter.
  • A tray for dishes; a salver.
  • (computing) A program which provides services to other programs or users, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
  • (senseid)(computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-14, author=(Jonathan Freedland)
    • , volume=189, issue=1, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Obama's once hip brand is now tainted , passage=Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.}}

    Usage notes

    * Some prefer (term) to (waiter) or (waitress) because it is unisex.

    Derived terms

    * fileserver * microserver * miniserver * serverless * timeserver

    Antonyms

    * client

    Anagrams

    * * English politically correct terms ----