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

According to Rexing, a culprit ever so slightly altered the email domain name of a real trucking company.

From The Wall Street Journal

But she continued promoting fabric sales on the website domain names Global De-stash and neridahansen.com into November.

From BBC

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

Currently the most expensive .ai domain name purchase is Mr Shah's you.ai.

From BBC