The system that translates a website's name to an IP address is called DNS, not packet transmission. Packet transmission refers to the process of sending and receiving data in packets over a network. DNS, on the other hand, acts like a phone book for the internet by translating domain names that are easy for humans to remember into IP addresses that computers need to access internet resources.
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