host object

A registry (glossary)registry The central database and system of a top-level domain, or loosely the organization that runs it. Full definition of registry 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, created through EPP (glossary)EPP Extensible Provisioning Protocol The protocol registrars use to manage domain names at registries. Full definition of EPP so that domains can point to it. If the name server's own name sits inside a domain in the same registry, the record also carries its IP addresses (glossary)IP Internet Protocol The internet's basic rules for sending data, using numeric addresses for every connected device. Full definition of IP, which the registry publishes as glue. Some registries use simpler host attributes instead.