phone book

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For the internet to become what we think of as the internet, you also needed people like Paul Mockapetris, who created the domain name system that is known as the phone book of the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

DNS, which stands for Domain Name System, is often likened to a phone book for the internet.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

Rooney and his friend Dave Woodman, a fellow animator, met Caselotti after finding her information in the phone book.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

It’s astounding that Apple failed to realize that audiences will watch George Clooney and Brad Pitt read the phone book, so long as they do it together, and truncated “Wolfs’” stay in theaters.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

While I’m waiting, I pull out the phone book she keeps under her night table.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass