What is DNS? Semantically, DNS is an acronym for Domain Name Service. It is a service that runs on computers connected to a network. The computers that perform the Domain Name Service are known as Domain Name Service Servers. This is (thankfully) shortened to DNS Servers. So what is a Domain Name? Domain names are [...]

I just received a little snippet of info from my old alma mater about a product called “FamilyShield” by the well known DNS supplier OpenDNS. On many occasions, we receive questions from people about family safety on the web. They generally take the form of one of the following: How can I stop my children [...]

CAPTCHA is first and foremost an acronym (the computer industry loves ‘em) for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”. Now many people reading this (including yours truly when I was writing this) may still be asking what does that mean? Well the “Turing test” was created by renowned Mathematician Alan [...]