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Name Server
See DNS Server.

Net Service

Functionality to (a part of) a domain name.

 

Net Services is a group of services containing C-Names, A-RecordsWeb forwards and Web aliases.

 

Typically applied to subdomains: third (or higher) level, but can also be applied to the second level domain and wildcard functionality.

 

See also

C-Name

A-Record

Web forward

Web alias

subdomain

 



NIC

NIC (or Network Information Center) is a title often applied to an Internet domain name registry.

 

Primarily, a NIC has the authority to offer domain names within a particular TLD.  Furthermore, it provides information, assistance and services to network users.

 

DK Hostmaster, for example, is the Danish NIC, offering domains within the .dk TLD.

 

See also

Registry

TLD