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doc: revise text in dns module documentation introduction
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PR-URL: #33986
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>
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Trott authored and codebytere committed Jul 12, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ addresses of host names.
Although named for the [Domain Name System (DNS)][], it does not always use the
DNS protocol for lookups. [`dns.lookup()`][] uses the operating system
facilities to perform name resolution. It may not need to perform any network
communication. Developers looking to perform name resolution in the same way
that other applications on the same operating system behave should use
[`dns.lookup()`][].
communication. To perform name resolution the way other applications on the same
system do, use [`dns.lookup()`][].

```js
const dns = require('dns');
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All other functions in the `dns` module connect to an actual DNS server to
perform name resolution. They will always use the network to perform DNS
queries. These functions do not use the same set of configuration files used by
[`dns.lookup()`][] (e.g. `/etc/hosts`). These functions should be used by
developers who do not want to use the underlying operating system's
facilities for name resolution, and instead want to always perform DNS queries.
[`dns.lookup()`][] (e.g. `/etc/hosts`). Use these functions to always perform
DNS queries, bypassing other name-resolution facilities.

```js
const dns = require('dns');
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