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CNAME record

A “canonical name” (CNAME) record points from an alias domain to a “canonical” domain. All CNAME records must point to a domain, never to an IP address.

A record

“A” records have the “address”, this has the IP address of the server

Reading

  1. https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-cname-record/
  2. https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-a-record/
  3. https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-ns-record/
  4. https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-mx-record/