Glossary

The words, without the shrug

Every term the courses use, defined in one line and then in a paragraph. Written to be read out of order.

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DNS

Frontend

The system turning names into addresses.

Translates a domain name into the numeric address of a machine. Results are cached in many places you do not control, which is why a DNS change can take hours to be seen everywhere.