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Hosting Terminology

Does anyone have a resource that in simple terms explains the difference between

A records MX records DNS and basically anything else to do with hosting and or domain names.

I never really understand it and could do with a bit of a reference point.

Thanks

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Not knowing your current level of knowledge about DNS or your exact question I'm just guessing that you may find some of these resources useful:

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

When I searched for DNS terms this was the 2nd result on Google

http://tzodns.com/support/glossary