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The ARPA Host Name Server Protocol (NAMESERVER), is an
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used in translating a
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name to an Internet address.
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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
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42 for NAMESERVER; this port is more commonly used by the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) on
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Application

The NAMESERVER protocol is used by the
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Trivial Name Server, a
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called tnamed that is provided in some implementations of
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Replacement

Support for the NAMESERVER protocol has been deprecated, and may not be available in the latest implementations of all UNIX operating systems.Somewhat incomplete list of UNIX operating systems that either support or do not support the DARPA Trivial Name Server (tnetd)
/ref> The Domain Name System (DNS) has replaced the ARPA Host Name Server Protocol and the DARPA Trivial Name Server.


See also

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List of TCP and UDP port numbers This is a list of TCP and UDP port numbers used by protocols for operation of network applications. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) only need one port for duplex, bidirectional traffic. They usually u ...
* List of Unix operating systems *
Domain Name System The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed naming system for computers, services, and other resources in the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks. It associates various information with domain names assigned to ...


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IEN 116 Internet Name Server

Development of the domain name system
Application layer protocols Domain Name System {{compu-network-stub