DNS Resolution - CI/CD Glossary Definition
DNS resolution is the lookup that maps a hostname (e.g. registry.npmjs.org) to an IP address before any connection opens; resolver latency, caching, and intermittent failures are a frequent root cause of flaky CI network steps.
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