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An IP address (glossary)IP Internet Protocol The internet's basic rules for sending data, using numeric addresses for every connected device. Full definition of IP record for a name server (glossary)name server A server that holds a domain's DNS records and answers lookups. Full definition of name server that the parent zone, usually the registry (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry, hands out along with a delegation. It is needed when a domain's name servers sit inside the domain itself, because otherwise resolvers (glossary)resolver The DNS server that looks up domain names on behalf of users. Full definition of resolver could not find them. Registrars (glossary)registrar A company that registers domain names for customers with the registry. Full definition of registrar usually set it as a host or child name server.