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| author | unknown <rosaxny@gmail.com> | 2020-03-12 18:52:18 +0300 |
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| committer | Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> | 2020-03-27 17:53:01 +0300 |
| commit | cba9f2e7a2ff04619ceba1350418469049d79b1c (patch) | |
| tree | 992b50716afc046074f9b6137bf6767ad19b11b7 /doc/api | |
| parent | 113c04c524062b3dcd642e9f9f6784346924360e (diff) | |
doc: add link to DNS definition
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32228
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/api')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/api/dns.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/dns.md b/doc/api/dns.md index 6c7f29cfaf0..cea7db52f9b 100644 --- a/doc/api/dns.md +++ b/doc/api/dns.md @@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ The `dns` module enables name resolution. For example, use it to look up IP addresses of host names. -Although named for the Domain Name System (DNS), it does not always use the DNS -protocol for lookups. [`dns.lookup()`][] uses the operating system facilities to -perform name resolution. It may not need to perform any network communication. -Developers looking to perform name resolution in the same way that other -applications on the same operating system behave should use [`dns.lookup()`][]. +Although named for the [Domain Name System (DNS)][], it does not always use the +DNS protocol for lookups. [`dns.lookup()`][] uses the operating system +facilities to perform name resolution. It may not need to perform any network +communication. Developers looking to perform name resolution in the same way +that other applications on the same operating system behave should use +[`dns.lookup()`][]. ```js const dns = require('dns'); @@ -1172,6 +1173,7 @@ uses. For instance, _they do not use the configuration from `/etc/hosts`_. [`socket.connect()`]: net.html#net_socket_connect_options_connectlistener [`util.promisify()`]: util.html#util_util_promisify_original [DNS error codes]: #dns_error_codes +[Domain Name System (DNS)]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System [Implementation considerations section]: #dns_implementation_considerations [RFC 8482]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8482 [RFC 5952]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952#section-6 |