A TXT record, as the abbreviation implies, is a record, that contains data in human-readable form and not code. It could be created for a domain address or a subdomain for many different purposes. Search engines like Google, for instance, have different ways of verifying that you are the owner of a given domain name and one of them is by creating a TXT record with specific text that they provide and that you should use as the record value. The exact same verification method is being employed by some analytics platforms that monitor the traffic to your web sites as well. Needless to say, in this situation the content of the record will be read by a robot, but it'll still be in human-readable form. A TXT record is also employed when you enable the so-called SPF protection for your emails so that you can shield them from being forged. In cases like this, the record contains data showing that a particular electronic message is sent from a reliable and authorized mail server. You could use a TXT record for any type of other information as well, just like your business details, for example.