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id: "root-server-operator"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "root server operator"
language: "en"
category: "Industry roles and organizations"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-server-operator/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/operador-servidores-raiz/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/root-server-betreiber/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/operateur-serveur-racine/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/operatore-server-radice/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/operador-servidor-raiz/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/operator-kornevogo-servera/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/gen-fuwuqi-yunyingshang/"
---

# root server operator

One of the twelve independent organizations that run the root servers, the name servers at the top of the DNS. They include companies, universities, United States government agencies and nonprofits. They publish the root zone exactly as IANA and the root zone maintainer produce it.

## related terms

- [root server](https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-server/)
- [root zone](https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-zone/)
- [RSSAC](https://tldlog.com/glossary/rssac/)
- [Root Server System](https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-server-system/)
- [root zone management](https://tldlog.com/glossary/root-zone-management/)