domain name
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noun Computers.
a name owned by a person or organization and consisting of an alphabetical or alphanumeric sequence followed by a suffix indicating the top-level domain: used as an Internet address to identify the location of particular Web pages: Our domain name is the name of our school followed by .edu.
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Nearby words
dom., dom. rep., domagk, domagk, gerhard, domain, domain name, domal, domatium, dome, dome car, dome fastener
Origin of domain name
1990–1995
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Examples from the Web for domain name
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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
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Science 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.
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