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- proper noun computing, Internet The
distributed database , sometimes including all the supporting hardware or software infrastructure, theInternet uses totranslate hostnames into IP numbers and provide otherdomain related information.
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Among the attacks which the system professes to help prevent are denial of service and Domain Name System attacks, both of which have been connected to recent high-profile incidents.
iTnews Australia 2008
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