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  • noun Alternative spelling of name server.

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Examples

  • Usually when I move domains to a new nameserver, which is rare indeed I leave port forwarding - if it's an entire box - and/or CNAME's in place to deal with cached queries.

    Department of Transport falls off the Internet? 2008

  • You now have a local caching only nameserver, that is it does recursive queries for anything but the local host name.

    Ubuntu Forums colemar 2010

  • You now have a local caching only nameserver, that is it does recursive queries for anything but the local host name.

    Ubuntu Forums colemar 2010

  • If there was a "nameserver" specified in an email, it has nothing to do with phpBB. and the Technician told me I need a script in my database? ....

    phpBB.com ric323 2010

  • If there was a "nameserver" specified in an email, it has nothing to do with phpBB. and the Technician told me I need a script in my database? ....

    phpBB.com 2010

  • The search results gives a list of domains and domain info such as nameserver, expiry date etc.

    Freelancer.com - New Projects 2010

  • I thought "nameserver" so went and changed the nameserver on my computer, but it doesn't seem to do any good.

    LinuxQuestions.org littlejoe5 2009

  • "nameserver" value with 'hsd1. ma.comcast.net' - if Linux is using this for Netbios resolution, no wonder nothing works - by the way, this value must be coming from the DNS servers from my ISP (Comcast); it is not available in the router, a web search indicates that '"hsd1. ma.comcast.net" is a domain controlled by three nameservers at comcast. net.

    LinuxQuestions.org JonathanWexler 2009

  • Then I switched to there, using their service to run a blog I hosted on server space my then-employer let me use for free, and even let me use their nameserver for my domain name … drewspace. com.

    inkblurt · Seven Years, and How Social Software eats everything 2007

  • Generally, your nameserver duties are handled by your web host.

    RappVoice gets knocked offline; Don’t let its fate befall you » Nieman Journalism Lab 2008

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