Name

A (address) — (From RFC 1035, page 20)

Textual representation

owner ttl class A address

Example

localhost.movie.edu.   IN A 127.0.0.1

Binary representation

Address type code: 1
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
    |                    ADDRESS                    |
    +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+

where:

ADDRESS

Is a 32-bit Internet address.

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