The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed database system used to translate hostnames (i.e., www.purdue.edu) to IP addresses (i.e., 172.31.9.5) and to translate IP addresses back to hostnames. The ...

The regulatory body that oversees Internet domain names voted on Monday to revamp the domain naming system for websites, allowing them to end with words like "apple" and "orange" instead of suffixes ...

A group of Internet top-level domain holders have formed a nonprofit association to prevent what they fear will become a splintered Internet Domain Name System. The new group, the Top Level Domain ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The administrative body that oversees domain names on the Internet wants to expand the playing field. A new, pricey system will allow companies and groups to apply for their own ...

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." That quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein, and although that attribution is debatable, there is truth in the quote.