Please explain gibberish

My goal is not to pick on AussieBob, I just needed to choose some domain. Having said that, can anyone explain what all this gibberish means? If a reply is to long winded, can some one point me to a link? What the heck does "time to live mean"? (Is there a corresponding "time to dead"?) Class, type, data, ttl?? Fill me in on the jargon, I am trying to learn!!

Daniel


DNS records
name class type data time to live
httpme.com IN NS dns3.httpme.com 86400s (1d)
httpme.com IN NS dns4.httpme.com 86400s (1d)
httpme.com IN NS sec.httpme.com 86400s (1d)
httpme.com IN A 216.118.109.68 14400s (4h)
httpme.com IN MX preference: 0
exchange: httpme.com
14400s (4h)
httpme.com IN SOA server: dns3.httpme.com
email: root@httpme.com
serial: 2003030107
refresh: 3600
retry: 3600
expire: 1209600
minimum ttl: 1200
14400s (4h)
68.109.118.216.in-addr.arpa IN PTR 216-118-109-68.site5.com 86400s (1d)
68.109.118.216.in-addr.arpa IN NS dns.site5.com 3600s (1h)
68.109.118.216.in-addr.arpa IN NS dns2.site5.com 3600s (1h)
109.118.216.in-addr.arpa IN SOA server: dns.site5.com
email: hostmaster@site5.com
serial: 2001112504
refresh: 10800
retry: 3600
expire: 604800
minimum ttl: 86400
86400s (1d)

 

 

 

 

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