From cba9f2e7a2ff04619ceba1350418469049d79b1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: unknown Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:52:18 -0400 Subject: doc: add link to DNS definition MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32228 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen Reviewed-By: James M Snell Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen --- doc/api/dns.md | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/api') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3