COMPUTER NETWORKING

INTRODUCTION

PROTOCOL LAYERING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A protocol that helps internet users and network devices discover other devices using a human-readable hostname instead of numeric IP addresses.
A
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
B
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
C
Domain Name System (DNS)
D
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -DNS, or the Domain Name System, translates human readable domain names (for example, www.amazon.com) to machine readable IP addresses (for example, 192.0.2.44).

Detailed explanation-2: -The domain name system (DNS) is a naming database in which internet domain names are located and translated into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The domain name system maps the name people use to locate a website to the IP address that a computer uses to locate that website.

Detailed explanation-3: -A DNS hostname is a name that uniquely and absolutely names a computer; it’s composed of a host name and a domain name. DNS servers resolve DNS hostnames to their corresponding IP addresses.

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