alternative root
A DNS Domain Name System The internet's directory that links domain names to computer addresses. Full definition of DNS root run outside the root zone The top of the DNS, listing every TLD and its name servers. Full definition of root zone managed through IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority The functions that coordinate the root zone, IP addresses and protocol numbers. Full definition of IANA, often listing extra TLD top-level domain The last part of a domain name, after the final dot. Full definition of TLD. Names in an alternative root work only for users whose software or resolver The DNS server that looks up domain names on behalf of users. Full definition of resolver is set up to use it. They are not part of the global DNS.
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