When navigating to a website (Web Browsing), your computer sends a request to a server. If the server's IP address is not known, which system is responsible for "translating" the human-readable URL (e.g., www.google.com) into a machine-readable IP address?
The Domain Name System (DNS) functions as the "phonebook" of the internet. When a user enters a human-readable URL (such as www.google.com), the DNS server is responsible for translating it into the corresponding machine-readable IP address (such as 142.250.190.46) so the browser can connect to the server.
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