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zone file

text file that describes a DNS zone
Place file_format Q17149857

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
file format
Publication date
November 1987[3]
Described by source
RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification, RFC 4027: Domain Name System Media Types, RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities[6][7][8]
Developer
Information Sciences Institute[2]
File extension
zone[5]
Media type
text/dns[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en DNS zone file en zone file da Zonefil de Zonendatei es Archivo de Zona DNS ja ゾーンファイル ru Файл зоны zh 归档区域文件 zh-hant 歸檔區域檔案
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Freebase ID
/m/08207c
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
6879022

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Summary

zone file is a file format[1].

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Information Sciences Institute

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  1. [2] ↑ . tools.ietf.org. tools.ietf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . RFC 4027: Domain Name System Media Types. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . RFC 4027: Domain Name System Media Types. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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