Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Windows 7: HOSTS File
Posted on 9:25 PM by Unknown
When you type in a Web address such as www.example.com into a browser, the application contacts a DNS (Domain Name Services) server looks up the DNS name and translates it in to a numeric IP address. When Windows does a DNS lookup it first checks a file called HOSTS which is like a mini-DNS server before it checks the regular DNS server. This file is a legacy technology from the past, but its
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