# PowerDNS Nameserver
-There are two PowerDNS nameserver products:the [Authoritative Server](authoritative/index.md) and the [Recursor](recursor/index.md). While most other nameservers fully combine these functions, PowerDNS offers them separately, but can mix both authoritative and recursive usage seamlessly.
+There are two PowerDNS nameserver products: the [Authoritative Server](authoritative/index.md) and the [Recursor](recursor/index.md). While most other nameservers fully combine these functions, PowerDNS offers them separately, but can mix both authoritative and recursive usage seamlessly.
The Authoritative Server will answer questions about domains it knows about, but will not go out on the net to resolve queries about other domains. However, it can use a recursing backend to provide that functionality. Depending on your needs, this backend can either be the PowerDNS recursor or an external one.
When the Authoritative Server answers a question, it comes out of the database, and can be trusted as being authoritative. There is no way to pollute the cache or to confuse the daemon.
# About this document
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