Sure, imagine a DNS server as a specialized type of web server, but it uses a different protocol over a different port. Just like you make requests to a web ser

Sure, imagine a DNS server as a specialized type of web server, but it uses a different protocol over a different port. Just like you make requests to a web server using HTTP, you can interact with a DNS server using DNS protocols. Think of it like comparing how you might use telnet to simulate an HTTP or SMTP request; it's about communicating with a specific type of server over a specific set of rules. This server tends to do some computation before yielding its results, unlike most DNS records that you'd expect to be static.