We pick e.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about lycos.it and learn that it is delegated to six name servers (2), so we ask r.dns.it where we learn that lycos.it is delegated to four name servers, including ns1.lycos.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
Lycos.it is a domain controlled by four domain name servers at lycos.com. All four of them are on the same IP network. Lycos.it has one IP number (209.202.254.14), but no corresponding reverse pointer.
Four percent of them use the name server ns3.lycos.com (example: lycos.co.nz ). Worth noting is that more than one in eight of the domains that use the name server ns3.lycos.com point to the IP number 209.202.254.14.
Four percent of them use the name server ns1.lycos.com. Worth noting is that eleven percent of the domains that use the name server ns1.lycos.com point to the IP number 209.202.254.14.
The name server ns3.lycos.com
There are several hundred of domains that use the name server ns3.lycos.com.