How does the computer know the IP addresses of other computers?

A) Your computer uses a "spider" to access a file that contains all users' IP addresses at all times.
B) Your computer consults the IPv6 protocol to determine the IP address of another computer on the Internet.
C) Your computer uses a search engine like Google to access other IP addresses.
D) Your computer consults a database maintained on a domain name server (DNS) to determine other IP addresses.

Domain Name Server (DNS)

A system that translates human-friendly domain names into the numeric IP addresses needed to locate computer services and devices on the Internet.

IPv6 Protocol

The latest version of the Internet Protocol, providing an identification and location system for computers on networks and routing traffic across the Internet.

IP Addresses

Numerical labels assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.