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| DNS server that hosts a primary or secondary zone for a particular DNS domain. |
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| Response from a DNS server that hosts a primary or secondary zone for the DNS domain being queried. |
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| canonical name (CNAME) resource record |
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| Creates an alias to an existing A or AAAA record. |
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| DNS configuration option that refers queries to remote forwarders based on the domain name contained within the query. |
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| Names that map to individual countries such as .uk, .pl, and .it. |
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| discretionary access control list (DACL) |
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| Enables you to specify which users and groups may modify the DNS zones and records |
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| DNS replication scope that copies DNS data to all DCs in a domain that are configured as DNS servers. |
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| DNS zone that stores its data in a text file on the DNS server. |
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| DNS replication scope that copies DNS data to all DCs in a forest that are configured as a DNS server. |
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| DNS configuration option that refers queries that cannot be resolved by the local DNS server to another DNS server on the same network or on a remote network. |
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| Zone that responds to client requests to map known host names to IP addresses. |
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| DNS server that will not perform any recursion after forwarders fail. If it cannot resolve a query by using its configured forwarders, it will return a negative response to the query. |
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| full zone transfer (AXFR) |
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| Copying the entire contents of a DNS zone during a zone transfer. |
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| Maps an FQDN to an IPv4 address. |
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| host (AAAA) resource record |
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| Maps an FQDN to an IPv6 address |
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| incremental zone transfer (IXFR) |
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| Copying only the contents of a DNS zone that have changed since the last zone transfer to cut down on network traffic. |
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| DNS zone used for reverse lookup queries of IPv4 DNS records. |
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| DNS zone used for reverse lookup queries of IPv6 DNS records. |
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| mail exchanger (MX) resource record |
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| DNS record that allows e-mail applications to locate e-mail servers. |
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| DNS resource record that maps a known IP address to a host name. |
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| Zone that responds to client requests to map known IP addresses to host names. |
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| Using the top-level Internet DNS servers to resolve a query. |
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| DNS domains that are registered to individuals or organzations such as microsoft, hp, dell, and so forth. |
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| Allows DNS records to be updated only by the client that first registered the record. |
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| DNS zone that stores its data in a text file on the DNS server. |
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| DNS zone that contains sufficient information to locate authoritative name servers for a DNS domain. |
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| Amount of time for which a DNS record is valid before it must be re-verified. |
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| Top-most domains in the DNS namespace hierarchy such as .com, .org, or .biz. |
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| Process of copying DNS zone data from a server hosting a primary zone to a server hosting a secondary zone. |
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