That, of course, is the reason that you will not need to call the stationers to cope with this particular change: the translation of names into numbers is handled automatically by computers called name servers, so most users have no idea what the numbers are.

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Improve physical security of critical systems, especially domain name and root servers.

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In this case, Spamhaus's Domain Name System (DNS) servers were targeted - the infrastructure that joins domain names, such as bbc.co.uk, the website's numerical internet protocol address.

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The MW6110's ultra compact size and high performance is engineered and highly suited for a wide range of industrial applications such as Digital Signage, Gaming, Transportation, Surveillance, and Thin Servers, to name a few.

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Since Zeus is a regular, servers greet him by name and bring his special place setting right away.

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Within a few years IT departments got the idea they could replace the big servers they'd bought from brand-name Silicon Valley firms with cheapies from Dell, HP and IBM.

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Once someone had provided her with private information that led to details about servers that he used, she and her colleagues had his name, even, she claimed, details about his girlfriend.

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Facebook disables any false accounts it finds, and while it wipes all the information associated with the name from public view, it doesn't delete the account from its servers "for safety and security" reasons.

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To do that, Capellas says Compaq will slap its well-known brand name on a wide range of products: from portable organizers to the Himalaya servers that power AOL's e-mail system to products still in development that will blur the lines between computers and electronic appliances like cell phones and stereos.

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