What does "Resolving host" mean?

[Howard M. Stark]

My system, mozilla 2001051804 win 98, seems to take an awful amount of 
time resolving host when I brouse to a new URL. What is it doing? Is it 
doing it on my system or the ISP? Can it be made faster. If it is a 
Mozilla issue it should be checked into.

Thanks
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Howard M. Stark
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