Labels:book | daily | hakham | press | sky OCR: 308 SECTION A CHAPTER 6 How are domain names related to IP addresses? Every domain FIGURE 6.8 name corresponds to a unique IP address that has been entered into A domain name request is huge database called the Domain Name System (DNS Any computer routed through your ISP to your that hosts this database is referred to as domain name server designated domain name server domain name, such as travelocity .com, must be converted into an which searches through its data- address before packets can be routed to For example when you type base to find corresponding IP wwW. travelocity com into your browser, the browser's first step con- address. The IP address can tact domain name server to get the IP address for the Travelocity Web then be attached to packets, server as shown in Figure 6-8. such a ...
