English

Initialism

DNS

1. (Internet) Domain Name System
2. (computing, Internet) The protocol used by the Domain Name System
3. (Internet) Domain Name Services; the services provided by the Domain Name System
4. (sports) Does/Did Not Start
5. (aeronautics, US) Initialism of Denison Municipal (IATA code for airport Denison, Iowa, US)

See also

• (sports): DNF, DNQ, DSQ, DQ, Q

Anagrams

• DSN

References

• Joyce, John. "Those Damn Network Acronyms". Scientific Computing, June 2007, pg. 12.

German

Initialism

DNS

1. (biology) Initialism of Desoxyribonukleinsäure (DNA)
2. (computer science) Initialism of Direkte Numerische Simulation (procedure to calculate unsteady streaming processes)
3. (chemistry) Initialism of Dinitrosalicylsäure.
4. (Germany, politics) Initialism of Dachverband der Nationalen Sammlung.
5. (Germany, norming) Initialism of Deutsche Normungsstrategie (strategic bias of the norming task)
6. (computer science) Initialism of Domain Name System.
7. (sports) Initialism of did not start.

Derived terms

• Alien-DNS

Hungarian

Etymology

Initialism of dezoxiribonukleinsav ‎(“deoxyribonucleic acid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeːʲɛnɛʃ]

Noun

DNS ‎(plural DNS-ek)

1. (genetics) DNA

Declension