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

When a legitimate publication stops operating, fraudsters may acquire the website or domain name and revive it as a vehicle for fraudulent publishing.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

For the internet to become what we think of as the internet, you also needed people like Paul Mockapetris, who created the domain name system that is known as the phone book of the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Toner-Rodgers never responded to the complaint, and Corning successfully won the transfer of the domain name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Reports say this granted exclusive rights to US domain name registry firm, VeriSign in exchange for $2m a year, which later rose to $5m.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

Instead of finding what he wanted, he came across an ad offering the domain name BillionaireBratz.com for $65,000.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty