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A DNS client is
called a resolver.
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A call to getByName(host)is handled by
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a resolver
(typically part of the client).
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Most Unix
workstations have the file
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/etc/resolv.conf that contains the
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local domain and
the addresses of DNS
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servers for that
domain.
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