vanity domain
<networking> A domain you register for the sole purpose of having your own domain so you can have an easily remembered URL and e-mail address. The domain is usually served (often vhosted) off someone else's machines. This is as opposed to a domain you register because you have machines of your own which are already on the Internet and which you want to make addressable via something other than dot addresses. Whereas vanity domains were almost unheard-of in 1980s, since the invention and popularisation of the Web in the mid-1990s and the desire for URLs which consist only of memorable domain names (e.g., "http://www.pbs.org") for everything from movies to car wax, vanity domains have come to be the rule instead of the exception. (1997-09-11) | ||||
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Vanity domain Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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vanity domain
n. [common; from `vanity plate' as in car license plate] An Internet domain, particularly in the .com or .org top-level domains, apparently created for no reason other than boosting the creator's ego.
n. [common; from `vanity plate' as in car license plate] An Internet domain, particularly in the .com or .org top-level domains, apparently created for no reason other than boosting the creator's ego.
Vanity domain Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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vanity domain
vanity domain
a domain you register for the sole purpose of having your own domain so you can have an easily remembered url and e-mail address. the domain is usually served (often vhosted) off someone else's machines.
vanity domain
a domain you register for the sole purpose of having your own domain so you can have an easily remembered url and e-mail address. the domain is usually served (often vhosted) off someone else's machines.
Vanity domain Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Vanity domain
In the Domain Name System (DNS), a vanity domain is a domain name, often a subdomain, whose purpose is to express the individuality of the person on whose behalf it is registered. This contrasts with domain names which resolve to an organisation (e.g. a company) or a service that organisation offers. Vanity domains may be compared with vanity car registration plates, which similarly identify their owner as an individual and not just someone relying on another organisation's services.
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