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1)Is there any much difference between a domain
name and an Internet address?
2)Is there any difference between Internet
Protocol(IP) and Internetworking Protocol(IP)?
And which is in the TCP/IP abbreviation?
3)What is a DNS for? Could you elaborate on this
as I am having difficulty understanding it.
4)My friend's computer, Windows 2000 Professional, always automatically reboots for no apparent reason in the middle of doing something. Any reason for that? What should I do?

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DNS = Domain Name Server. A DNS translates between the alpha name and its numerical ip address. In other words it takes www.tomshardware.com and changes it to 165.234.23.445 or what ever the address to Tom's is.

See <A HREF="http://www.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm" target="_new">http://www.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm</A> for a really good explination on dns. <A HREF="http://www.howstuffworks.com" target="_new">http://www.howstuffworks.com</A> is a great site to find out how lots of different things work.
Remember if you ain't Muslim you ain't Shiite.Edited by Lakedude on 12/13/01 07:08 AM.

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1)Is there any much difference between a domain
name and an Internet address?

Yes - a domain name is for humans, computers don't understand them. You need a DNS server to translate the domain name into an IP address so the computers/routers know where to send the packet.

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2)Is there any difference between Internet
Protocol(IP) and Internetworking Protocol(IP)?
And which is in the TCP/IP abbreviation?

Internet Protocol is the layer 3 (in something called the protocol stack) protocol AKA network protocol in the TCP/IP protocol stack. Internetworking protocol is a generic name for the overall concept of networking protocols (of which there are many, like DECnet, IPX/SPX, Appletalk, X.25, etc.) Internet Protocol is the one in TCP/IP (which stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)

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3)What is a DNS for? Could you elaborate on this
as I am having difficulty understanding it.

The previous poster gave a pretty good answer for this one.

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4)My friend's computer, Windows 2000 Professional, always automatically reboots for no apparent reason in the middle of doing something. Any reason for that? What should I do?

This one is posted in the wrong forum. Probably better posted in the motherboards and chipsets forum. But it sounds to me like you've got some sort of hardware problem. When you post your question in there you should include as many details as possible, including all the hardware information about the PC, plus any patterns you may notice about what precipitates the reboot and any recently installed software/hardware.

It's always the one thing you never suspected.

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