CZDS

An ICANN (glossary)ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers The nonprofit that coordinates the global DNS and gTLD policy. Full definition of ICANN portal where anyone can ask gTLD (glossary)gTLD generic top-level domain A top-level domain not tied to a country, run under ICANN contracts. Full definition of gTLD registries (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry for copies of their zone files (glossary)zone file The set of all DNS records for a domain or TLD. Full definition of zone file, the lists of delegated domains and their name servers (glossary)name server A server that holds a domain's DNS records and answers lookups. Full definition of name server. Researchers, security firms and brand protection (glossary)brand protection The work of keeping a brand safe from misuse in domain names. Full definition of brand protection companies use it to track new registrations (glossary)new registrations Domains newly created in a period, also called adds or creates. Full definition of new registrations. Country code domains are not part of it.