The Host command in the Linux system is used for DNS (Domain Name System) lookup operations. In simple words, this command is used to find the IP address of a particular domain name. Another case the host command can come in hand is when you want to find out the domain name of a particular IP address. Let’s explain a little bit more about the Host command!
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DNS explained
The Domain Name System, or DNS for short, is the Internet’s system for mapping alphabetic names to numeric Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. It is like a phone book that maps a person’s name to a phone number. Every time when a Web address (URL) is typed into a browser, a DNS query is made to learn an IP address of a Web server associated with that name.
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