---
id: "host-object"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "host object"
language: "en"
category: "Transfers and EPP"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/host-object/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/objeto-host/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/host-objekt/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/objet-hote/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/oggetto-host/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/objeto-host/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/obekt-khosta/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/zhuji-duixiang/"
---

# host object

A registry record for a name server, created through 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, which the registry publishes as glue. Some registries use simpler host attributes instead.

## related terms

- [EPP object](https://tldlog.com/glossary/epp-object/)
- [name server](https://tldlog.com/glossary/name-server/)
- [glue record](https://tldlog.com/glossary/glue-record/)
- [EPP](https://tldlog.com/glossary/epp/)
- [inactive](https://tldlog.com/glossary/inactive-status/)