Recursive DNS

Recursive DNS is a process used by your computer to find the IP address of a website you want to visit. When you enter a web address, your computer asks its DNS server for the IP. If the server doesn't know, it consults other DNS servers, starting from the root, then top-level, and finally authoritative servers, until it finds the correct address. This step-by-step searching is called recursion. Once found, your computer uses this IP to connect to the website. Essentially, recursive DNS handles all the work of translating website names into the technical addresses needed to access online content.