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How DNS Finds Websites

From a familiar domain name to the IP address your device needs.

The internet's directory

DNS maps names to records such as IP addresses. Recursive resolvers can consult authoritative servers when caches do not contain an answer.

Your device checks the available DNS caches.

The recursive resolver locates relevant records.

The browser connects to the selected server.

Watch comparisons and swaps turn an unsorted array into an ordered sequence.

A beginner-friendly journey through training, tokens, attention, and generation.

The invisible request–response cycle behind every webpage you open.