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New Mexico Foundations of Computer Science

Lesson 4.4 DNS

Description

In this lesson, students will explore the DNS system and how it maps human readable domain names into actual accessible IP addresses.


Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Understand the DNS system and how it works
  • Recognize the DNS system as an abstraction

Enduring Understandings

This lesson builds toward the following Enduring Understandings (EUs) and Learning Objectives (LOs). Students should understand that?

  • EU 6.1 The Internet is a network of autonomous systems. (LO 6.1.1)
  • EU 6.2 Characteristics of the Internet influence the systems built on it. (LOs 6.2.1, 6.2.2)