ConceptsAuthoritative DNS Servers

Authoritative DNS Servers

The DNS servers that hold the official, definitive records for a domain and answer queries about it. When a resolver needs the true address for a name, the answer ultimately comes from the domain's authoritative server.

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DNS Resolution

The process of turning a human-readable domain name into the IP address needed to connect, by querying through resolvers and authoritative servers. It is a fundamental step before most network communication.

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