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What does DNS flushing do?

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I came across a website that instructed me to flush my DNS in order to view what was online. What does this do and why would it help display the website?

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DNS is the Domain Name System. DNS servers convert a domain name (such as ) into an IP address (in this case ). The mapping of names to numbers can change from time to time. Your computer holds a record of DNS entries to save looking them up every t…

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