### 5.1.12 Connection Management

[5.1.12.1 Connection Interfaces](connection-interfaces.html)
[5.1.12.2 Administrative Connection Management](administrative-connection-interface.html)
[5.1.12.3 DNS Lookups and the Host Cache](host-cache.html)

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 This section describes how MySQL Server manages connections. This includes a description of the available connection interfaces, how the server uses connection handler threads, details about the administrative connection interface, and management of DNS lookups.

