Name server  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected
from Nameserver) Jump to: navigation, search  A name server is a
computer hardware or software server that implements a network
service for providing responses to queries against a directory
service. It translates an often humanly-meaningful, text-based
identifier to a system-internal, often numeric identification or
addressing component. This service is performed by the server in
response to a service protocol request.  An example of a name
server is the server component of the Domain Name System (DNS),
one of the two principal name spaces of the Internet. The most
important function of DNS servers is the translation
(resolution) of human-memorable domain names and hostnames into
the corresponding numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, the
second principal name space of the Internet which is used to
identify and locate computer systems and resources on the
Internet.  Domain Name System[edit]  Main article: Domain Name
System  The Internet ma