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--- glossary:bind [2009/01/16 12:29] – eechris
+++ glossary:bind [2011/01/14 12:46] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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+===== bind =====
+The server process that performs domain name lookup within an [[glossary:isp|ISP]] and therefore implements [[glossary:dns|DNS]] is known as //bind//. The principle jobs that //bind// does are
+  - act as the [[glossary:authoritative_name_server|authoritative naming service]] for a [[glossary:internet_domain|domain]] and
+  - link with other [[glossary:domain_name_server|domain name servers]] to process [[glossary:iterative_lookup|iterative]] or [[glossary:recursive_dns|recursive]] name look-ups with other domain name servers, including the [[glossary:internet_backbone|back-bone]] name servers.
+There are usually at least two servers in a domain that run the //bind// [[glossary:daemon|daemon]]. One typically acts as a master and the other a slave with the idea if one should fail, the other can continue to provide DNS services both within a domain and to the wider [[glossary:Internet|Internet]].
+**Note**: Bind is so named because it //binds// a domain name to an [[glossary:ip_address|IP address]] (or //vice versa//) rather than because it is a [[glossary:daemon|daemon]] that implements the //bin// protocol (see also [[glossary:http|HTTP]] and [[glossary:httpd|httpd]]).
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