[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":153},["ShallowReactive",2],{"term-c\u002Fcname":3,"related-c\u002Fcname":138},{"id":4,"title":5,"acronym":6,"body":7,"category":118,"description":119,"difficulty":120,"extension":121,"letter":122,"meta":123,"navigation":124,"path":125,"related":126,"seo":131,"sitemap":132,"stem":135,"subcategory":136,"__hash__":137},"terms\u002Fterms\u002Fc\u002Fcname.md","CNAME","Canonical Name Record",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":112},"minimark",[10,15,27,31,34,38,101,105,108],[11,12,14],"h2",{"id":13},"eli5-the-vibe-check","ELI5 — The Vibe Check",[16,17,18,19,26],"p",{},"A CNAME is a DNS record that's like an alias or nickname. Instead of pointing to an IP address directly, it points to another domain name. So '",[20,21,25],"a",{"href":22,"rel":23},"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.yoursite.com",[24],"nofollow","www.yoursite.com","' can be a CNAME that just says 'same thing as yoursite.com.' 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Instead of pointing to an IP address directly, it points to another domain name. So 'www.","beginner","md","c",{},true,"\u002Fterms\u002Fc\u002Fcname",[127,128,129,130],"A Record","DNS","Domain Name","TTL",{"title":5,"description":119},{"changefreq":133,"priority":134},"weekly",0.7,"terms\u002Fc\u002Fcname",null,"RErKSkFDqfDpxhdxiZoSe6iDoz8O6sOic34kMbP-akk",[139,142,146,149],{"title":127,"path":140,"acronym":136,"category":118,"difficulty":120,"description":141},"\u002Fterms\u002Fa\u002Fa-record","An A Record is the most basic DNS record — it just says 'this domain name = this IP address.' It's the phonebook entry itself.",{"title":128,"path":143,"acronym":144,"category":118,"difficulty":120,"description":145},"\u002Fterms\u002Fd\u002Fdns","Domain Name System","DNS is the internet's phonebook. You type 'google.",{"title":129,"path":147,"acronym":136,"category":118,"difficulty":120,"description":148},"\u002Fterms\u002Fd\u002Fdomain-name","A domain name is the human-friendly name for a website, like 'google.com' instead of '142.250.80.46'.",{"title":130,"path":150,"acronym":151,"category":118,"difficulty":120,"description":152},"\u002Fterms\u002Ft\u002Fttl","Time To Live","TTL is how long DNS resolvers are allowed to remember (cache) your DNS records before checking again. A TTL of 3600 means 'remember this for 1 hour.",1776518262657]