# 05 DNS Query Overview

Once you learn about domains, zones, and delegations, you are ready to see how a domain fits into the overall DNS hierarchy. This lesson will give you an overview of a DNS query and how it is handed down from zone to zone until the answer is found. This video is part of the v:Topic:Web_Science

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2013
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: barrybrown \[1\] and \[2\]
- Genres: Science
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:05_DNS_Query_Overview.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: barrybrown \[1\] and \[2\]
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/29178864?play=1)