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DNS Resolution

Translating a hostname to IP addresses by querying the DNS hierarchy — resolver to root, TLD, and authoritative servers — with answers cached according to each record's TTL. Low TTLs enable fast failover at the cost of query load; caching layers can serve stale data until expiry.

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Translating a hostname to IP addresses by querying the DNS hierarchy — resolver to root, TLD, and authoritative servers — with answers cached according to each record's TTL. Low TTLs enable fast failover at the cost of query load; caching layers can serve stale data until expiry.

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