| Subject | English | German |
| comp., MS | authoritative name server | autoritativer Namenserver (A DNS server that is responsible for the DNS records that are associated with a domain) |
| comp., MS | authoritative server | autoritativer Server (Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a DNS server that hosts a primary or secondary copy of a DNS zone. When a DNS server is configured to host a zone, it is said to be authoritative for names within that zone) |