# Records & Record Types

A .avax domain is a type of database. Users can use the system to link pieces of information to their .avax name. We call these pieces of information Records.

A client of the system will usually have one of two goals:

Given a .avax name, let me find an associated Record
Given a Record, let me find the associated .avax name

These two operations are the core of our system. The operations are referred to as Forward Resolution and Reverse Resolution, respectively.

You can think of Avvy Domains as a key-value database, where the key is either a number or a string and the value is any string.

# Record Types

Avvy Domains supports two types of Records:

Standard Records are identified by a number & accompanied by a specification. A list of Standard Records is maintained in our Client Common library.
Custom Records are identified by a string & have no formal specification. Users of the system are free to define their own specifications or use the tool however they wish.