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o Uppercase entries in the DNS glossary

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o  Consistently use hostid elements when referring to domain names

o  Reword the explanation of the root zone [1]

PR:		docs/41449 [1]
Submitted by:	Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> [1]
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Ceri Davies 2003-08-26 23:07:04 +00:00
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@ -4335,50 +4335,49 @@ host mailhost {
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>forward DNS</entry>
<entry>mapping of hostnames to IP addresses</entry>
<entry>Forward DNS</entry>
<entry>Mapping of hostnames to IP addresses</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>origin</entry>
<entry>refers to the domain covered for the particular zone
<entry>Origin</entry>
<entry>Refers to the domain covered in a particular zone
file</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>named, bind, name server</entry>
<entry>common names for the BIND name server package within
<entry><application>named</application>, BIND, name server</entry>
<entry>Common names for the BIND name server package within
FreeBSD</entry>
</row>
<indexterm><primary>resolver</primary></indexterm>
<row>
<entry>resolver</entry>
<entry>a system process through which a
<entry>Resolver</entry>
<entry>A system process through which a
machine queries a name server for zone information</entry>
</row>
<indexterm><primary>reverse DNS</primary></indexterm>
<row>
<entry>reverse DNS</entry>
<entry>the opposite of forward DNS, mapping of IP addresses to
<entry>Reverse DNS</entry>
<entry>The opposite of forward DNS; mapping of IP addresses to
hostnames</entry>
</row>
<indexterm><primary>root zone</primary></indexterm>
<row>
<entry>root zone</entry>
<entry>Root zone</entry>
<entry>literally, a <quote>.</quote>, refers to the
root, or beginning zone. All zones fall under this, as
do all files in fall under the root directory. It is
the beginning of the Internet zone hierarchy.</entry>
<entry>The beginning of the Internet zone hierarchy.
All zones fall under the root zone, similar to how
all files in a file system fall under the root directory.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>zone</entry>
<entry>Each individual domain, subdomain, or area dictated by
DNS</entry>
<entry>Zone</entry>
<entry>An individual domain, subdomain, or portion of the DNS administered by
the same authority</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
@ -4393,14 +4392,14 @@ host mailhost {
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>. is the root zone</para>
<para><hostid>.</hostid> is the root zone</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><hostid>org.</hostid> is a zone under the root zone</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><hostid>example.org</hostid> is a zone under the
org. zone</para>
<hostid>org.</hostid> zone</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><hostid>foo.example.org.</hostid> is a subdomain, a