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How does Ruby handle DNS resolution and network sockets at the runtime level?

Updated May 17, 2026

Short answer

Ruby delegates DNS and socket operations to the underlying OS networking stack.

Deep explanation

Ruby’s Socket and Resolv libraries wrap system calls like getaddrinfo. DNS resolution is handled by OS resolver libraries, and sockets are OS-level file descriptors managed by the kernel.

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