DNS Propagation Explained
Propagation is a term you'll often hear when working with your domain's DNS settings, but what does it mean?
Anytime you visit a website in your web browser, there is a lot going on behind the scenes to provide you with the requested content. When you load a webpage, your computer first attempts to resolve the domain you are visiting to an IP address. Domain names are a convention created to make websites easier to remember, but your browser needs a numeric address in order to fetch any website data. DNS is what allows your machine to make this translation.
What is my IP Address?
Wikipedia defines an IP address as a numerical identification (logical address) that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes. Your server's IP address is where your website is hosted on the internet.
