This document discusses several acronyms related to digital communication standards and protocols: ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange), DNS (Domain Name System), and NAPTR records. It provides examples of using the dig command line tool to look up DNS records like A, MX, and NAPTR for the domain "artsy.net" and encourages exploring the possibilities of these standards.

1. A.S.C.I.I.
D.N.S.
A.R.T.S.Y.
OMG! So many acronyms.
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2. ASCII
American
Standard
Code for
Information
Interchange
128
characters

3. A

4. B

5. #

6. Artsy ♥ ASCII ART
https://artsy.net/artwork/andy-warhol-dollar-sign-8

7. Humans ♥ ASCII ART
http://artsy.net/humans.txt

8. Now even more geeky ...

9. DNS
WWW
$ dig @8.8.8.8 a artsy.net +short
Domain
Name
System
54.227.253.64
E-MAIL
$ dig @8.8.8.8 mx artsy.net +short
10 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
30 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
20 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
30 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
20 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.

10. NAPTR
NAPTR records are most commonly used for
applications in Internet telephony, for example,
in the mapping of servers and user addresses
in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

11. Dig It!
dig @8.8.8.8 naptr ascii.artsy.net +short

12. Dig It!
dig @8.8.8.8 naptr ascii.artsy.net +short | sort

13. Endless
Possibilities
Thank You