Refer to the exhibit. Which protocol allows a user to type www.cisco.com instead of an IP address to access the web server?

Refer to the exhibit. Which protocol allows a user to type www.cisco.com instead of an IP address to access the web server?

• DNS
• FTP
• HTML
• HTTP
• SNMP

Explanation: Web servers are assigned static IP addresses. They are also registered with domain names so people can remember them easily. However, web servers are connected through their IP addresses. DNS provides the service to map the domain name to its IP address.

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