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< Old English demeine, demain (rule), Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (power), French domaine < Latin dominium (“‘property, right of ownership’”) < dominus (“‘master, proprietor, owner’”). See dame, and confer demain, danger, dungeon.
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /dəʊˈmeɪn/, SAMPA: /d@U"meIn/
- (GenAm) IPA: /doʊˈmeɪn/, SAMPA: /doU"meIn/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Noun
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Singular domain |
Plural domains |
domain (plural domains)
- A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
- A sphere of influence.
- A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
- (mathematics) The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.
- (mathematics) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
- (computing, Internet) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains
- 2000, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Internet Software Consortium [1]
- Every name in the DNS tree is a domain, even if it is terminal, that is, has no subdomains.
- 2000, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Internet Software Consortium [1]
- (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains
- (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside
- (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names
- (biology, taxonomy) In the three-domain system, the highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in other taxonomic systems, a similarly high rank
- (biology, taxonomy) In the three-domain system, one of three taxa at that rank: Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.
Usage notes
- (collection of information): Used in a context in which domain name services, or domain name like services, are managed in a fashion that is integrated with the management of other computer and network related information.
- (collection of computers): Used in the same context as the collection of information domain sense.
Synonyms
- (where a function is defined): domain of definition
- (collection of DNS names): domain name, hostname
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External links
- domain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- domain in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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