---
id: "glue-record"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "glue record"
language: "en"
category: "DNS and technical foundations"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/glue-record/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/registro-pegado/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/glue-record/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/enregistrement-glue/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/record-glue/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/registro-glue/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/glue-zapis/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/jiaoshui-jilu/"
---

# glue record

An IP address record for a name server that the parent zone, usually the registry, hands out along with a delegation. It is needed when a domain's name servers sit inside the domain itself, because otherwise resolvers could not find them. Registrars usually set it as a host or child name server.

## related terms

- [name server](https://tldlog.com/glossary/name-server/)
- [NS record](https://tldlog.com/glossary/ns-record/)
- [A record](https://tldlog.com/glossary/a-record/)
- [AAAA record](https://tldlog.com/glossary/aaaa-record/)
- [lame delegation](https://tldlog.com/glossary/lame-delegation/)