domain name
n. (Computers) series of words or abbreviations or phrases which identifies a specific computer connected to the Internet and serves as its address, alphabetic form for Internet address | ||||
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Domain Name Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Domain Name System
<networking> (DNS) A general-purpose distributed, replicated, data query service chiefly used on Internet for translating hostnames into Internet addresses. Also, the style of hostname used on the Internet, though such a name is properly called a fully qualified domain name. DNS can be configured to use a sequence of name servers, based on the domains in the name being looked for, until a match is found.
The name resolution client (e.g. Unix's gethostbyname() library function) can be configured to search for host information in the following order: first in the local /etc/hosts file, second in NIS and third in DNS. This sequencing of Naming Services is sometimes called "name service switching". Under Solaris is configured in the file /etc/nsswitch.conf.
DNS can be queried interactively using the command nslookup. It is defined in STD 13, RFC 1034, RFC 1035, RFC 1591.
BIND is a common DNS server.
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| A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology |
Domain Name
The Domain Name is a unique name that represents each computer on the Internet . (Some machines do have more than one Domain Name. The DNS converts the Domain Name requested by an Internet User into an IP Address . The location of the machine with this IP address is known the information being requested can then be found. "www.yahoo.com" is an example of a Domain Name. The "com" indicates that Yahoo is a commercial Organisation. Other codes include:-
ac - Educational institution
co - Commercial organisation
com - Commercial organisation
edu - Educational institution
gov - Non military government organisations
int - International Organisations
mil - Military government organisations
net - Networks
org - non profit organisation
The Domain Name is a unique name that represents each computer on the Internet . (Some machines do have more than one Domain Name. The DNS converts the Domain Name requested by an Internet User into an IP Address . The location of the machine with this IP address is known the information being requested can then be found. "www.yahoo.com" is an example of a Domain Name. The "com" indicates that Yahoo is a commercial Organisation. Other codes include:-
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Domain Name
The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general (e.g., www.gemplus.com ). See TCP/IP , Country Codes , DNS .
The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Domain Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by dots. The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general (e.g., www.gemplus.com ). See TCP/IP , Country Codes , DNS .
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Domain name
A unique name that identifies an Internet site . A domain name points always to one specific server while this server may host many domain names. If you look at the URL for this page, you'll see www.webguest.com at the beginning. The "www" points to the server and "webguest.com" is our domain name. Most domain names are assigned by the InterNIC .
A unique name that identifies an Internet site . A domain name points always to one specific server while this server may host many domain names. If you look at the URL for this page, you'll see www.webguest.com at the beginning. The "www" points to the server and "webguest.com" is our domain name. Most domain names are assigned by the InterNIC .
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Domain name
The name of a computer or server on the Internet in the form of a string of names or numbers, separated by periods.
The name of a computer or server on the Internet in the form of a string of names or numbers, separated by periods.
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Domain Name
The part of an address or URL which uniquely identifies the organisation which owns it. For example: the domain theinkfactory.co.uk is uniquely owned by 'The Ink Factory' (an online shopping site selling Ink Jet cartridges)
The part of an address or URL which uniquely identifies the organisation which owns it. For example: the domain theinkfactory.co.uk is uniquely owned by 'The Ink Factory' (an online shopping site selling Ink Jet cartridges)
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DOMAIN NAME
Allows you to reference internet sites without knowing the true numerical address.
Allows you to reference internet sites without knowing the true numerical address.
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domain name
The text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a computer on the Internet (i.e., http://www.oh-no.com/ ).
The text name corresponding to the numeric IP address of a computer on the Internet (i.e., http://www.oh-no.com/ ).
| Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms |
Domain Name
This is the name that identifies an web site. For example, "apple.com" is the domain name of Apple Computer's web site. A single web server may have more than one domain name, but a single domain name points to only one machine. To use Apple Computer as an example again, www.apple.com, support.apple.com, and store.apple.com could be served on one to three machines. It is also possible, and quite common, for a domain name to be registered, but not be connected to an actual machine. The reason for this is usually so that a company or group can have e-mail addresses at a certain domain without having to maintain a web site. In these cases, there still must be a machine to handle the mail of the listed domain name.
This is the name that identifies an web site. For example, "apple.com" is the domain name of Apple Computer's web site. A single web server may have more than one domain name, but a single domain name points to only one machine. To use Apple Computer as an example again, www.apple.com, support.apple.com, and store.apple.com could be served on one to three machines. It is also possible, and quite common, for a domain name to be registered, but not be connected to an actual machine. The reason for this is usually so that a company or group can have e-mail addresses at a certain domain without having to maintain a web site. In these cases, there still must be a machine to handle the mail of the listed domain name.
Domain Name Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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domain name
Noun
1. strings of letters used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet; "domain names are organized hierarchically with the more generic parts to the right"
(hypernym) name
(classification) computer science, computing
Noun
1. strings of letters used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet; "domain names are organized hierarchically with the more generic parts to the right"
(hypernym) name
(classification) computer science, computing
Domain Name Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Domain name
The term domain name has multiple related meanings:
- A name that identifies a computer or computers on the internet. These names appear as a component of a Web site's URL, e.g. wikipedia.org. This type of domain name is also called a hostname.
- The product that domain name registrars provide to their customers. These names are often called registered domain names.
- Names used for other purposes in the Domain Name System (DNS), for example the special name which follows the @ sign in an email address, or the Top-level domain names like .com, or the names used by the Session Initiation Protocol (VoIP), or DomainKeys.
- They are sometimes colloquially (and incorrectly) referred to by marketers as "web addresses".
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