- Lookup
In
computing , lookup usually refers to searching adata structure for an "item" that satisfies some specified "property". For example, variable lookup performed by a (scripting) language interpreter,virtual machine or other similar engine usually consists of performing certain actions to dynamically find correspondence between variableidentifier and actual variable internal representation, usually involvingsymbol table lookup. Symbol table lookup can be performed either during run-time (interpreter or scripting engine), or during compile time (compiler ). A hybrid scheme when lookup is performed both duringtranslation phase and then later during runtime is also possible (e.g.bytecode compiler and virtual machine). In all of these cases, search "item" is a variable and the search "property" (or search criterion) is a variable name. Variable lookup is usually performed according to variable visibility rules that are specific to the (scripting) language in question.Another example is
DNS lookup . In DNS lookup, a DNS server is requested to find a hostIP address given hostdomain name . Here the search criterion ("property") is a domain name and the search result ("item") is an IP address. A domain name may be associated with several IP addresses.Reverse DNS lookup performs the reverse task: given IP address, it attempts to resolve domain name associated with the specified IP address.Spreadsheet software typically has functions such as LOOKUP, HLOOKUP, and VLOOKUP, to find either a value in a row or column that matches the argument, or in the case of range lookup, to find an interval in a set of adjacent intervals (given by their limits, specified in a row or column) which contains the argument. The result is the corresponding value in a specified parallel row or column.Bugs
The Microsoft Excel LOOKUP functions will not function properly if one of the reference cells contain a tilde (~). The function will return #N/A.
External links
* [http://www.ip-adress.com IP address and Host lookup tool that resolves the IP Address of hosts] - No javascript needed
* [http://yoip.com.ua/en/ Lookup your or given IP address information] - No javascript needed
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