7 terms
An A record is the DNS resource record that maps a host name to a 32-bit IPv4 address so that clients can locate the server behind…
An AAAA record is the DNS resource record that maps a domain name to an IPv6 address, the counterpart of the A record used for IPv4.
A CNAME is a DNS record that makes one domain name an alias of another, so resolvers follow it to the canonical name and use that…
An MX record is the DNS record that names the mail servers accepting email for a domain and sets their order of preference for delivery.
NS is the DNS record type that names the authoritative name servers for a zone and delegates a domain from its parent zone to those servers.
SOA is the Start of Authority DNS record that opens every zone and holds its primary server, admin contact, serial number and timing values.
A TXT record is a DNS record type that stores free-form text strings for a name, widely used for SPF, DKIM, DMARC and domain verification.