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What file is used to translate host names to IP addresses?
The correct answer is A. hosts file. Early TCP/IP networks used hosts (used with domain/hostnames associated with DNS) and lmhost (used with NetBIOS/computer names associated with WINS) files, which were text files that listed a name and its associated IP address.
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Question
What file is used to translate host names to IP addresses?
Options
- Ahosts file
- Blmhosts file
- Cdns file
- Dwins file
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Explanation
Early TCP/IP networks used hosts (used with domain/hostnames associated with DNS) and lmhost (used with NetBIOS/computer names associated with WINS) files, which were text files that listed a name and its associated IP address.
Topics
#hosts file#name resolution#IP addressing
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