Name

HINFO (host information) — (From RFC 1035, page 14)

Textual representation:

                     owner ttl class HINFO cpu os

Example:

grizzly.movie.edu.  IN  HINFO  VAX-11/780 UNIX

Binary representation:

HINFO type code: 13
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    /                      CPU                      /
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    /                       OS                      /
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

where:

CPU

A character-string which specifies the CPU type.

OS

A character-string which specifies the operating system type.

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