Glossary terms from course 4, module 2

Domain Name System (DNS): A global and highly distributed network service that resolves strings of letters, such as a website name, into an IP address

Intranet: An internal network inside a company, accessible if you are on a company’s network

NTP: Network Time Protocol, keeping clocks synchronized on machines connected to a network

Proxy server: An intermediary between a company’s network and the Internet, receiving network traffic and relaying that information to the company network

Server operating systems: Regular operating systems that are optimized for server functionality