Name Servers - FAQ - Shared dedicated co-location hosting

What is the: Name Servers ?

A computer (and software) that performs the mapping of domain names to their IP addresses. Name servers are also known as DNS servers and host servers. Two name servers are required for registration of a domain name. If you do not have name servers, you may park your domain.

10BaseT	100BaseT	A Record	ADSL	Anonymous FTP	Applet
Apache	Archie	ARPANet	ASP	AT	ATM
ASCII	Authentication	Backbone	Bandwidth	Baud	BBS
Bps	Browser	Certificate Authority	CGI	cgi-bin	Client
Co-Location hosting	Cold Fusion	Contact Record	Cookie	DNS	Dedicated Server
Domain Name	E-Commerce	E-mail	Ethernet	FAQ	FDDI
Finger	FireWall	FrontPage	FTP	Gateway	Gopher
Hit	Home Page	Host	Hosting	HTML	HTTP
Hypertext	Internet	InterNIC	Intranet	IP Number	IRC
ISDN	ISP	Java	JDK	LAN	Leased-line
Local Registry Fees	Login	Maillist or Mailing List	MIME	Mirror	Modem
Modify Domain Name	Mosaic	MX Record	Name Servers	Netscape	Network
Newsgroup	NIC	NNTP	Node	OC-3	Packet Switching
Parking Domain Name	POP	Port	PPP	Propagation	PSTN
Real Audio - Real Video	Register Domain Name	Registrant Domain Name	Registrar Domain Name	Registry Domain Name	Renewal Domain Name
Resolution Domain Name	RFC	Router	Security Certificate	Server	SLIP
SMDS	SMTP	SNMP	Spam	SQL	SSL
T-1	T-3	Telnet	Terminal	Terminal Server	Top Level Domain - TLD
Trademark	Transfer Domain Name	UNIX	URL	USENET	UUENCODE
VB Script	WAIS	WAN	Whois	WWW	Zone file