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domain name

American  
[doh-meyn neym] / doʊˈmeɪn ˌneɪm /

noun

Computers.

  1. a name owned by a person or organization and used as an internet address, consisting of one or more alphabetic or alphanumeric sequences separated by dots, followed by a suffix indicating the top-level domain.

    Our domain name is dictionary.com.

    Statistics Canada has the domain name statcan.gc.ca.
domain name British  

noun

  1. computing a unique name, corresponding to one or more numeric IP addresses, used to identify a particular web page or set of web pages on the internet

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domain name Scientific  

  1. A series of alphanumeric strings that are separated by periods, such as www.hmco.com, that is an address of a computer network connection and that identifies the owner of the address.

Etymology

Origin of domain name

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

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Domain name registry firm Nominet is partnering with telecoms firm Broadway Partners to roll it out.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2017

Domain name registrars—the largest being Go Daddy—stand to gain the most from ICANN's decision as wallets are opened to buy up new gTLDs.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2011

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