TLDServer
TLDServer is a term used to describe a DNS server that is authoritative for a top-level domain (TLD) within the Domain Name System. In the DNS hierarchy, TLD servers are responsible for zone data for a TLD, such as .com, .net, .org or country-code TLDs like .uk or .de. Each TLD server holds the DNS records that define how to delegate authority to second-level domains within that TLD and can respond to queries for hosts under that TLD or for delegations to subordinate zones.
TLD servers are usually operated by registries or contracted operators and are often deployed as anycast to
In practice, a resolver querying a domain like example.com will first contact a DNS server that has
Note: The term TLDServer is descriptive; actual deployments may refer to the individual authoritative servers for