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Slow internet speed on Linux? This 30-second fix makes all the difference
Flushing your DNS cache on Linux is an easy way to speed up your network. Here's how to do it.
David Merron Photography / Getty ImagesDNS stands for Domain Name System, and is like the phonebook for the internet. It translates human-readable domain names into IP addresses, so browsers know how to render a specific website. When your computer's network speed slows down (and you've restarted your modem/router as your ISP will instruct you to do), one thing you can try is flushing the DNS cache.
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