If you are registering the URL with one company and hosting with another, this is the way to do it. It's the proper way to do it as all websites have these records - even if you are hosting with the same company as you have registered with. The problem is that it requires the ability for you to enter the domain name into the host's system - not usually possible with a free host.
What are they then? Basically, DNS entries tell ISPs where to look for the website. By entering the correct values (2 or more are given - in case the first fails) any ISP can find your website.
You give the registrar of the domain the address provided by the hosts and tell your hosts the domain name you own. You then publish your site to the host and they also look after your email services.
This is the way all websites run. You can look up the DNS records for any site using tools you can find easily on any search engine. The only problem is that after changing the DNS entries it can take up to 72 hours for the changes to take full effect.
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