domain name

[ doh-meyn-neym ]

/ doʊˈmeɪn ˌneɪm /

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noun Computers.

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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Origin of domain name

First recorded in 1980–85

Words nearby domain name

Dolton, dolus, dom, Domagk, domain, domain name, domal, domatium, dome, dome car, domed

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How to use domain name in a sentence

The algorithm and approach for secured products are still more consistent with what you would expect for standard SEO practices in terms of content, links, and domain names – and it is not as diverse or distinct as the payday loans algorithm.
A review of the payday loans algorithm in 2021|Daniel Tannenbaum|February 16, 2021|Search Engine Watch
Google’s John Mueller said that shorter domain names or URLs are not better for ranking or SEO purposes.
Diversity and inclusion in search marketing and advertising; Monday’s daily brief|Carolyn Lyden|February 15, 2021|Search Engine Land
When he found this critical domain name was about to expire, Almroth began to monitor it, assuming someone in the Congolese government would pay to reclaim the domain.
A security researcher commandeered a country’s expired top-level domain to save it from hackers|Zack Whittaker|January 15, 2021|TechCrunch
Sleuthers believe these networks buy domain names en masse, all with vaguely English but largely nonsensical names—GoShoesNC, KidsManShop, BoldWon—so that when one becomes compromised, it will get shut down and replaced by another.
Here's How Shopping Scams on Facebook Are Ripping Off Thousands of Customers, With the Money Flowing Overseas|Andrew R. Chow|December 19, 2020|Time

This strategy in particular means buying multiple domain names and then creating dedicated sites, blogs, and content just for this purpose.
How to manage a high-performing content marketing team|Kevin Payne|June 16, 2020|Search Engine Watch
The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.
How the PC Police Threaten Free Speech|Nick Gillespie|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“Gronkowski” itself never manages to sound more erotic than the name of a hearty Polish stew or a D-list WWE performer.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
A sad-faced orange Star of David flashed across the iPhone screen as we swiped left on “James” (not his real name).
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In pursuing his alchemical researches, he discovered Prussian blue, and the animal oil which bears his name.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Elyon is the name of an ancient Phœnician god, slain by his son El, no doubt the “first-born of death” in Job xviii.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
"It is ill-fated;" and Alessandro blamed himself for having forgotten her only association with the name.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
"Garnache," came the other's crisp, metallic voice, and the name had a sound as of an oath on his lips.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

British Dictionary definitions for domain name

domain name

noun

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for domain name

domain name

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.