Abbreviation fordomain name server, domain name system. A database of Internet names and addresses that translates the names to the official Internet Protocol numbers and vice versa; the distributed name-and-address mechanism used in the Internet. [After Bahorsky]

Abbreviation for design objective.

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications

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The written (or otherwise recorded) information about a Target of Evaluation required for an evaluation. This information may, but need not, be contained within a single document produced for the specified purpose [ITSEC].

Abbreviation for Department of Defense, direct outward dialing.

The master clock to which time and frequency measurements for the U. S. Department of Defense are referenced, i.e., are traceable.
Note 1: The U. S. Naval Observatory master clock is designated as the DOD Master Clock.
Note 2: The U. S. Naval Observatory master clock is one of the two standard time and frequency references for the U. S.… (Read More →)

1. The independent variable used to express a function.
Note: Examples of domains are time, frequency, and space.
2. In distributed networks, all the hardware and software under the control of a specified set of one or more host processors. [From Weik '89]
3. [A] unique context (e.g., access control parameters) in which a program is operating; in effect, the… (Read More →)

The conventional Internet name for a network or computer system, which name consists of a sequence of two or more groups of characters separated by periods; e.g., the "govinst. com" groups of characters in the host name "www. govinst. com", where the ". com" is the first-level domain name (or top-level domain name), and the "govinst" characters represent the second… (Read More →)

1. A server within the Internet network that performs translation between fully qualified domain names and IP addresses according to the domain name system. [2382-pt.35]
2. A server that retains the addresses and routing information for TCP/IP LAN users.