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  2. Name server - Wikipedia

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    A DNS name server is a server that stores the DNS records, such as address (A, AAAA) records, name server (NS) records, and mail exchanger (MX) records for a domain name (see also List of DNS record types) and responds with answers to queries against its database.

  3. Root name server - Wikipedia

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    A root name server is a name server for the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. It directly answers requests for records in the root zone and answers other requests by returning a list of the authoritative name servers for the appropriate top-level domain (TLD).

  4. Domain Name System - Wikipedia

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    A DNS name server is a server that stores the DNS records for a domain; a DNS name server responds with answers to queries against its database. The most common types of records stored in the DNS database are for start of authority ( SOA ), IP addresses ( A and AAAA ), SMTP mail exchangers (MX), name servers (NS), pointers for reverse DNS ...

  5. List of Internet top-level domains - Wikipedia

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    Listings organizations, name, phone & address directories, online business directories, clubs, groups, & other organizations directories — Identity Digital [ID 46] Yes: Yes .discount: Discount sites, bargain hunters, coupon sites, coupon pages, coupon-themed blogs — Identity Digital [ID 47] Yes: Yes .diy: do-it-yourself — Lifestyle Domain ...

  6. List of DNS record types - Wikipedia

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    Returns all records of all types known to the name server. If the name server does not have any information on the name, the request will be forwarded on. The records returned may not be complete. For example, if there is both an A and an MX for a name, but the name server has only the A record cached, only the A record will be returned.

  7. DNS root zone - Wikipedia

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    The DNS root zone is the top-level DNS zone in the hierarchical namespace of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet.. Before October 1, 2016, the root zone had been overseen by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) which delegates the management to a subsidiary acting as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). [1]

  8. DNS zone - Wikipedia

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    Since (as of July 2010) "en.wikipedia.org." is a CNAME to "text.wikimedia.org." (which is in turn a CNAME to "text.esams.wikimedia.org."), and the "wikipedia.org." name servers also happen to contain authoritative data for the "wikimedia.org." zone, the resolution of this particular query occurs entirely within the queried name server, and the ...

  9. Domain name registrar - Wikipedia

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    Registration of a domain name establishes a set of name server records in the DNS servers of the parent domain, indicating the IP addresses [10] of DNS servers that are authoritative for the domain. This provides a reference for direct queries of domain data.