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# NXDOMAIN

Non-Existent Domain

The DNS answer meaning that the name asked for does not exist. A resolver gets it for an unregistered domain, a mistyped name or a host that was never created.

## related terms

- [negative caching](https://tldlog.com/glossary/negative-caching/)
- [SERVFAIL](https://tldlog.com/glossary/servfail/)
- [NSEC and NSEC3](https://tldlog.com/glossary/nsec-nsec3/)
- [name collision](https://tldlog.com/glossary/name-collision/)
- [resolver](https://tldlog.com/glossary/resolver/)