No, a root server is shorthand for the authoritative name servers that serve the root zone of the DNS. Here is the list: http://www.iana.org/domains/root/server

No, a root server is shorthand for the authoritative name servers that serve the root zone of the DNS. Here is the list: http://www.iana.org/domains/root/servers http://www.iana.org/domains/root/servers Servers configured to be a source of truth are called "authoritative name servers". There is no technical distinction between "TLDs" and "domains", they are all just domains, they are just different levels of the DNS hierarchy.