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Name Services Verb Set

&SOCKET GETHOSTBYNAME

Obtains IP address for a specified host name

&SOCKET GETHOSTBYADDR

Obtains host name information for a specified IP address

The GETHOSTBYNAME and GETHOSTBYADDR verbs request Domain Name Services (DNS) functions that translate an IP address into a host name and conversely.

Note: For details of these verbs, see Verbs and Built-in Functions.