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caching resolver
A Domain Name System (DNS) server that queries authoritative name servers to obtain Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for DNS clients, and then saves the query results in local storage (cache). By storing query results in cache, a resolver can quickly retrieve IP addresses for domain names that it has already resolved.