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.

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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.

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Etymology

Origin of domain name

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

On Jan. 31, Corning filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization against the registrar of the domain name corningresearch.com.

From The Wall Street Journal

The statement supporters on Wednesday morning that an "unauthorised email" had been sent promoting a membership portal under a new domain name.

From BBC

To manage its burgeoning domain name income, in October 2024 Anguilla signed a five-year deal with a US tech firm called Identity Digital, which specialises in internet domain name registries.

From BBC

Typosquatting is when domain names on the URL have a small variation from the legitimate one, Manky said.

From Los Angeles Times

The firm accepted it had an issue with companies avoiding its rules to deploy adverts without its knowledge, such as creating new domain names to replace banned ones.

From BBC