Domain Name Servers (DNS)
A Records
An A
record points a name to a IP address (server). For example, it could point the name www.hello.com
to the IP address (server) 145.23.3.722
. This means, if someone types www.hello.com
into their browser, it should take them to 145.23.3.722
(the name in the addree bar will not change).
CNAME Records
CNAME
stands for Canonical Name Record (also sometimes called an Alias Record). A CNAME
record points a name to another name. For example, a CNAME
record could point www.bonjour.com
to www.hello.com
.