{"id":3043,"date":"2012-08-07T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T16:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/name-server\/"},"modified":"2018-03-07T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T14:23:11","slug":"name-server","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/3186\/name-server","title":{"rendered":"Name Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_name_server_mean\">What Does Name Server Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A name server is a server that helps to translate IP addresses into domain names. 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