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zone file

Summary

zone file is a file format[1]. It draws 148 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #51 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • zone file's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • zone file's developer is recorded as Information Sciences Institute[4].
  • zone file's publication date is recorded as +1987-11-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • zone file's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08207c[6].
  • zone file's media type is recorded as text/dns[7].
  • zone file's file extension is recorded as zone[8].
  • zone file's described by source is recorded as RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification[9].
  • zone file's described by source is recorded as RFC 4027: Domain Name System Media Types[10].
  • zone file's described by source is recorded as RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities[11].
  • zone file's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 6879022[12].

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Designation and Status

zone file's instance of is recorded as file format[3].

Why It Matters

zone file draws 148 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #51 of 297).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Information Sciences Institute

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . tools.ietf.org. tools.ietf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . RFC 4027: Domain Name System Media Types. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . RFC 4027: Domain Name System Media Types. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). zone file. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/zone-file
MLA “zone file.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/zone-file.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_zone-file_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{zone file}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/zone-file}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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