What is A-record?
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13 Apr 2010 4:44 PM
Answer
A-record is the most basic and the most important DNS record type.
It is used to translate domain names such as "www.mydomain.com" into IP-addresses such as 123.123.123.123 (An IP Address is a unique string of numbers, usually shown in groups separated by periods).