ALL meanings of domain
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D d - noun domain limit of power 1
- noun domain area of interest 1
- noun domain Internet 1
- noun domain King's 1
- noun domain An area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government. 1
- noun Definition of domain in Technology 1. (networking) A group of computers whose fully qualified domain names (FQDN) share a common suffix, the "domain name". The Domain Name System maps hostnames to Internet address using a hierarchical namespace where each level in the hierarchy contributes one component to the FQDN. For example, the computer foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk is in the doc.ic.ac.uk domain, which is in the ic.ac.uk domain, which is in the ac.uk domain, which is in the uk top-level domain. A domain name can contain up to 67 characters including the dots that separate components. These can be letters, numbers and hyphens. 2. An administrative domain is something to do with routing. 3. Distributed Operating Multi Access Interactive Network. 4. (mathematics) In the theory of functions, the set of argument values for which a function is defined. See domain theory. 5. (programming) A specific phase of the software life cycle in which a developer works. Domains define developers' and users' areas of responsibility and the scope of possible relationships between products. 6. The subject or market in which a piece of software is designed to work. 1
- noun domain the territory governed by a single ruler or government; realm. 1
- noun domain a realm or range of personal knowledge, responsibility, etc. 1
- noun domain a region characterized by a specific feature, type of growth or wildlife, etc.: We entered the domain of the pine trees. 1
- noun domain Law. land to which there is superior title and absolute ownership. 1
- noun domain Mathematics. the set of values assigned to the independent variables of a function. region (def 11a). 1
- noun domain Computers. a group of computers and devices on a network that are administered under the same protocol. the top level in a domain name, indicating the type of organization, geographical location, or both, and officially designated in the suffix, as .edu for institutions of higher education. 1
- noun domain Physics. one of many regions of magnetic polarity within a ferromagnetic body, each consisting of a number of atoms having a common polarity, and collectively determining the magnetic properties of the body by their arrangement. 1
- noun domain Crystallography. a connected region with uniform polarization in a twinned ferroelectric crystal. 1
- noun domain a field of action, thought, influence, etc.: the domain of science. 0
- noun domain A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization. 0
- noun domain A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise. 0
- noun domain A group of related items, topics, or subjects. 0
- noun domain (mathematics) The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined. 0
- noun domain (mathematics, set theory) The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined. 0
- noun domain (mathematics) A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero. 0
- noun domain (mathematics, topology, analysis) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers. 0
- noun domain (computing, Internet) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains. 0
- noun domain (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains. 0
- noun domain (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside. 0
- noun domain (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names. 0
- noun domain (physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction; such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory. 0
- noun domain (data processing) a form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage. 0
- noun domain (taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota. 0
- noun domain (biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function. 0
- countable noun domain A domain is a particular field of thought, activity, or interest, especially one over which someone has control, influence, or rights. 0
- countable noun domain Someone's domain is the area they own or have control over. 0
- countable noun domain On the Internet, a domain is a set of addresses that shows, for example, the category or geographical area that an Internet address belongs to. 0
- noun domain land governed by a ruler or government 0
- noun domain land owned by one person or family 0
- noun domain a field or scope of knowledge or activity 0
- noun domain a region having specific characteristics or containing certain types of plants or animals 0
- noun domain a park or recreation reserve maintained by a public authority, often the government 0
- noun domain the absolute ownership and right to dispose of land 0
- noun domain the set of values of the independent variable of a function for which the functional value exists 0
- noun domain any open set containing at least one point 0
- noun domain range of significance (esp in the phrase domain of definition) 0
- noun domain one of the regions in a ferromagnetic solid in which all the atoms have their magnetic moments aligned in the same direction 0
- noun domain a group of computers, functioning and administered as a unit, that are identified by sharing the same domain name on the internet 0
- noun domain the highest level of classification of living organisms. Three domains are recognized: Archaea (see archaean), Bacteria (see bacteria), and Eukarya (see eukaryote) 0
- noun domain a structurally compact portion of a protein molecule 0
- noun domain territory under one government or ruler; dominion 0
- noun domain land belonging to one person; estate 0
- noun domain supreme ownership 0
- noun domain field or sphere of activity or influence 0