Definition of "resolver" [re•solv•er]

• Agent noun of resolve; one who resolves. (noun)
• A device whose electrical output is proportional to the angular position of an object such as a rotor. (noun)

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• "Google has stated thatits newDNS resolver is designed tohelpspeed up the Internet."
• "Ex Libris (UK) has announced that the SFX link resolver is now operational at the Oxford University Library Services."
• "Gashinsky presented Yahoo's DNS recursive name resolver proposal to the IETF's DNS Operations Working group."