An AAAA (quad-A) record is a DNS record that maps a domain name to an IPv6 address, the newer and larger format of IP addresses. While A records point to IPv4 addresses (like 93.184.216.34), AAAA records point to IPv6 addresses (like 2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946). As IPv4 addresses become scarce, IPv6 adoption is increasing, making AAAA records important for modern websites.
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What is an AAAA record?
An AAAA record maps a domain to an IPv6 address — the newer, longer format of IP addresses that supports far more unique addresses than IPv4.