DNS Resolver

Protocols & Standards
A server that receives DNS queries from clients and retrieves the answers by querying authoritative servers.
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DNS resolvers act as intermediaries between clients and authoritative DNS servers. They handle recursion, caching, and error responses so clients can resolve domain names quickly without contacting the root and TLD servers directly.

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