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1 -Domains/DNS/Websites/Hosting
1 +Domains / DNS / Websites / Hosting
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1 -Domain Name Registrar
1 +Registrar
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3 -Name Server
3 +Domain Name Registrars are the organizations responsible facilitating the leasing of domains from the Internet Domain Registry to a domain registrant.  They allow the registrant to define the which DNS Server is authoritative for the domain
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5 -DNS Server
5 +Authoritative Name Server
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7 +A name server is a program that converts a domain name into an IP address.  An Authoritative name server is the name server that is considered the definitive source of records for a domain.  The Authoritative Name Server contains the master copy of the Zone Record for the domain from which all other names servers will query.
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9 +Zone Record / DNS Records
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11 +A zone record is a simple database that defines all the Domain Name System Records for a domain.  Website addresses and mail server addresses are examples of the kinds of information that is stored in a zone record.  These records are served out by the Authoritative Name Server to anyone that requests information for that domain.
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13 +DNS Service
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15 +A DNS Service is the service that allows a someone to define the DNS Records for a domain. 
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