The domain name—that being, the website name you enter—isn’t easy for a computer to understand. The IP address—a string of numbers with more specificity—is much easier to digest.

How does a DNS server work? When you enter a URL, what you're really doing is asking your computer to find and connect to another IP address.To do this, it uses a set of related servers, all of ...

Conducting a web search? The Domain Name System converts website names into IP addresses so your computer can understand the query. Here's what that means.