TYPE fields are used in resource records. Note that these types are a subset of QTYPEs.
| TYPE | value and meaning |
| A | 1 a host address |
| NS | 2 an authoritative name server |
| MD | 3 a mail destination (Obsolete - use MX) |
| MF | 4 a mail forwarder (Obsolete - use MX) |
| CNAME | 5 the canonical name for an alias |
| SOA | 6 marks the start of a zone of authority |
| MB | 7 a mailbox domain name (EXPERIMENTAL) |
| MG | 8 a mail group member (EXPERIMENTAL) |
| MR | 9 a mail rename domain name (EXPERIMENTAL) |
| NULL | 10 a null RR (EXPERIMENTAL) |
| WKS | 11 a well known service description |
| PTR | 12 a domain name pointer |
| HINFO | 13 host information |
| MINFO | 14 mailbox or mail list information |
| MX | 15 mail exchange |
| TXT | 16 text strings |