| Record Type | Common Name | Function | RFC |
| A | Address Record | Maps FQDN to 32bit IPv4 address | RFC1035 |
| AAAA | IPv6 address record | Maps FQDN to 128bit IPv6 address | RFC1886 |
| AFSDB | Andrews files system | Maps a DNS domain name to a server subtype that is either an AFS version 3 volume or an authenicated name server using DCE or NCA | RFC1183 |
| CNAME | Canonical name or alias name | Maps a virtual domain name, alias, to a real domain name | RFC1035 |
| HINFO | Host info record | Specifies the CPU and operating system type for the host | RFC1700 |
| ISDN | ISDN info record | Maps an FQDN to an ISDN telephone # | RFC1183 |
| MB | Mailbox name record | Maps a domain mail server name to the host name of the mail server | RFC1035 |
| MG | Mail group record | Maps a domain mailing group to the mailbox resource records | RFC1035 |
| MINFO | Mailbox info record | Specifices a mailbox for the person who maintains the mailbox | RFC1035 |
| MR | Mailbox renamed record | Maps an old mailbox name to a new mailbox name for forwarding purposes | RFC1035 |
| MX | Mail exchange record | Provides routing info to reach a given mailbox | RFC974 |
| NS | Name server record | Specifies that the name server listed has a zone starting with the owner name. Identify servers other than SOA server that contain zone information files. | RFC1035 |
| PTR | Pointer resource record | Points to another DNS resource record, used for reverse lookup to point to A records | RFC1035 |
| RP | Responsible person info record | Provides info about the server admin | RFC1183 |
| RT | Route-through record | Provides routing info for hosts lacking a direct WAN adr | RFC1183 |
| SOA | Start of Authority resource record | Specify which server contains the zone file for a domain | RFC1537 |
| SRV | Service locator record | Provides a way of locating multiple servers providing similar tcp/ip services | RFC2052 |
| TXT | Text record | Maps a DNS name to a string of descriptive text | RFC1035 |
| WKS | Well known services record | Describes the most popular tcp/ip services supported by a protocol on a specific ip adr | RFC1035 |
| X25 | X.25 info record | Maps a DNS adr to a public switched data network PSDN adr number | RFC1183 |
