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English: A DNS resolver iteratively queries a root nameserver, org. nameserver, and wikipedia.org. nameserver in its quest to resolve the IP address associated with the domain name www.wikipedia.org.
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25 October 2005

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current00:09, 25 August 2017Thumbnail for version as of 00:09, 25 August 2017563 × 200 (61 KB)wikimediacommons>MfwittenThe label "DNS Recurser" has been changed to "DNS Iterator"; the former implies that the resolver is performing a recursive search, but the diagram actually depicts an iterative search (besides the fact that diagram shows iteration, it is also the case...

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