Whois

Whois definition - telecom
  1. A utility on UNIX systems that provides information about other users who are logged on to the same system. See also UNIX and utility.
  2. An Internet database service that provides identity and contact information about owners of domain names. See also database, Domain Name System, and Internet.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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