Define: Root server

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Root server

A system of 13 file servers located around the globe and containing authoritative databases that form a master list of all Top Level Domains (TLDs). There is one central server that replicates changes to the other servers on a daily basis. Different organisations maintain the servers on the root server system. The U.S. government is maintaining about half of the servers.