on ▁albums ▁Category : Events ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Category : Live ▁classical ▁albums ▁Category : Met ropol itan ▁Opera ▁Category : Oper a ▁record ings <0x0A> </s> ▁In ▁some ▁Free B SD , ▁Linux ▁distributions , ▁and ▁other ▁Unix - like ▁operating ▁systems , ▁the ▁resol v conf ▁program ▁maintain s ▁the ▁system ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁currently ▁available ▁name ▁servers ▁and ▁man ages ▁the ▁contents ▁of ▁the ▁configuration ▁file ▁resol v . conf , ▁which ▁determ ines ▁Domain ▁Name ▁System ▁( D NS ) ▁resol ver ▁parameters . ▁ ▁Before ▁a ▁computer ▁can ▁connect ▁to ▁an ▁external ▁network ▁resource ▁by ▁name , ▁it ▁must ▁ ▁convert ▁that ▁alpha - numeric ▁name ▁( e . g ., ▁w ik ipedia . org ) ▁into ▁its ▁corresponding ▁network ▁address ▁called ▁an ▁IP ▁address ▁( e . g ., ▁ 6 6 . 2 3 0 . 2 0 0 . 1 0 ). ▁The ▁computer ▁performs ▁this ▁conversion ▁ ▁by ▁contact ing ▁one ▁of ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁special ▁computers ▁called ▁name ▁servers , ▁which ▁have ▁tables ▁of ▁resource ▁names ▁and ▁corresponding ▁IP ▁addresses . ▁The ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁servers ▁is ▁kept ▁in ▁the ▁configuration ▁file ▁resol v . conf . ▁However , ▁when ▁multiple ▁programs ▁need ▁to ▁dynamically ▁modify ▁the ▁resol v . conf ▁file , ▁they ▁can ▁inter f ere ▁with ▁each ▁other ▁and ▁store ▁incorrect ▁information ▁in ▁the ▁file . ▁ ▁The ▁resol v conf ▁program ▁addresses ▁this ▁problem . ▁It ▁acts ▁as ▁an ▁inter medi ary ▁between ▁programs ▁that ▁supply ▁name