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What is a DNS and what does it do?
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A five year old has never heard of a phone book, let alone seen one. You've just expanded the problem without solving it.
That's why I didn't end it with the first sentence and instead dedicated a whole paragraph to what you do with it: you know a name and want to know the corresponding phone number / IP address.