# Sns#6 **Published by:** [Sns](https://paragraph.com/@sns-24/) **Published on:** 2023-04-13 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@sns-24/sns-6 ## Content Name Services were originally built as a way for humans and machines to communicate over a network. Instead of using an IP address (e.g. 127.0.0.1), users could refer to other users on a network with a simple name (e.g. localhost) ## Publication Information - [Sns](https://paragraph.com/@sns-24/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@sns-24/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@sns-24): Subscribe to updates