domain name

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.

Nearby words

dom, dom., dom. rep., domagk, 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

She is from Lake Placid, in upstate New York, where her father was in the domain-name business.
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The domain-name gold rush slowly unfurled over months and years, as did the chase for desirable Gmail addresses.
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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.