Hosting & Infrastructure Terms

Part of the TECKnet Technology Dictionary.

What keeps a website and domain online: DNS, domain registration, TLS certificates, servers, caching, uptime and recovery planning.

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DNS Propagation

DNS propagation is the period after a DNS change when some visitors still get the old answer. Nothing is pushed out: resolvers keep cached records until each record's…

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