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= What is DNS (Domain Name System)? =
* a hierarchical, distributed database
* Domains and Domain Names
* Zones
* [http://www.zytrax.com/books/dns/ch2/index.html#recursive Recursive and iterative queries] (with diagram)
 
= DNS Servers =
== Authoritative Name Servers ==
A name server which performs recursive lookups for local clients. Recursive name servers normally cache the results of the lookups they perform to improve performance.
* Forwarder
Some Sometimes a caching name server may not perform the recursive lookup all by itself. It can forward some or all of the queries to another caching name server, commonly referred to as a forwarder.
= BIND Configuration File =
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