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<big><b>[[Registry]]</b></big>

<big><b>[[Domain Name System]]</b></big>

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A [[Registry]] is the database of all domain names registered under a certain [[TLD]]. A Registry Operator, also known as Network Information Center ([[NIC]]), refers to person(s) or entity(ies) responsible for providing registry services. These services include customer database administration, zone file publication, [[DNS]] and [[DNSSEC]] operation, marketing and policy determination. A Registry may outsource some, all, or none of these services. Different registries exist for different TLDs.

The [[Domain Name System]] (DNS) is the system used to translate alphanumeric domain names into [[Internet Protocol]] numbers. Simply put, the DNS converts the names typed in the Web browser address bar into [[IP Address]]es. The DNS is made up of many servers and databases which, through a series of lookups in various caches, configure [[Domain Name]]s into [[IP Address]]es. The Domain Name System is a distributed database arranged hierarchically; its purpose is to provide a layer of abstraction between Internet services (web, email, etc.) and the numeric addresses (IP addresses) used to uniquely identify any given machine on the Internet. The DNS associates a variety of information with the domain names assigned and, most importantly, translates the domain names meaningful to humans into the numerical identifiers that locate the desired destination.

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<div style="float:right;"><small><strong>Related: [[Registrar]] - [[DNS]] - [[DNSSEC]]</strong></small></div><div style="clear: left;"></div></div>

<div style="float:right;"><small><strong>Related: [[Domain Name]] - [[IP Address]] - [[RFC]]</strong></small></div><div style="clear: left;"></div></div>

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