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Dns vs Url - What's the difference?

dns | url |

As initialisms the difference between dns and url

is that dns is domain Name System while URL is a Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.

As an abbreviation URL is

unrestricted line officer.

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. ----

    url

    English

    Initialism

    (en noun)
  • A Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
    • https://en.wiktionary.org/ is the URL of English Wiktionary.

    See also

    * IRI * URI * (wikipedia "URL")

    Abbreviation

    ; URL
  • (US, military, nautical) unrestricted line officer

    • See also

    * line officer English acronyms English initialisms