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Default Local DNS server or ISP's DNS server?

Basically i access internet from a PC in my company.My comapany have domain name and comapny have dns server.so whenever when i request for a website from my pc so it goes to dns server of company or it directly goes to dns server of ISP?.
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Your DNS server names are listed in /etc/resolv.conf file. So if you set them to company's DNS it will go to companies DNS server. If you set them to ISP's DNS servers, it will go to ISP's server. Just run following command at a shell prompt:
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cat /etc/resolv.conf
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