IP Address and DNS Records

Every website on the internet has an IP address. This IP address is a unique identifier for each website that is available on the internet. Each of these IP addresses is recorded in a directory called DNS (Domain Name System). DNS contains a list of URLs of all the websites with their corresponding IP addresses. It's like a phone directory that has a list of names with corresponding phone numbers!

As you type in the domain name (or address of the website) into the browser's address bar, the browser looks up the corresponding IP address of the specified website in these DNS records.

This IP address is important as it is used later to identify and obtain information according to the requested website address.