Dictionary Definition
domain
Noun
1 a particular environment or walk of life; "his
social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment";
"he's out of my orbit" [syn: sphere, area, orbit, field, arena]
2 territory over which rule or control is
exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law
of the land" [syn: demesne, land]
3 the set of values of the independent variable
for which a function is defined
4 people in general; especially a distinctive
group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
[syn: world]
5 a knowledge domain that you are interested in
or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse";
"here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
[syn: region, realm]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
demeine, demain (rule), demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (power), domaine, from dominium (property, right of ownership), from dominus (master, proprietor, owner). See dame, and confer demain, domain, danger, dungeon.Noun
- A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
- A sphere of influence.
- A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
- The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.
- In the context of "computing|Internet": Any DNS
domain
name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become
representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains
- BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Copyright ©
2004, 2005 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC"), Copyright ©
2000-2003 Internet Software Consortium, http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch01.html
- Every name in the DNS tree is a domain, even if it is terminal, that is, has no subdomains.
- BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Copyright ©
2004, 2005 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC"), Copyright ©
2000-2003 Internet Software Consortium, http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch01.html
- In the context of "computing|internet": A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains
- 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
- The collection of computers identified by a domains domain names
- In the context of "biology|taxonomy": In the three-domain system, the highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in other taxonomic systems, a similarly high rank
- In the context of "biology|taxonomy": In the three-domain system, one of three taxa at that rank: (Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryota)
Usage notes
- (collection of information) Used in a context in which domain name services, or domain name like services, are managed in a fashion that is integrated with the management of other computer and network related information.
- (collection of computers) Used in the same context as the collection of information domain sense.
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Translations
geographic area
sphere of influence
- Finnish: vaikutuspiiri
- French: domaine
- German: Domäne, Gebiet, Bereich
- Italian: sfera di influenza
- Polish: dziedzina
- Portuguese: domínio
- Scottish Gaelic: tighearnas , tighearnachd
- Spanish: esfera
- Swedish: domän
- Vietnamese: lãnh địa, lãnh thổ
group of related items
- Finnish: luokka, laji, suku, ala
- German: Gebiet, Bereich
- Polish: dziedzina
- Portuguese: domínio
(mathematics) set of points
- Czech: definiční obor
- Finnish: määrittelyalue
- German: Definitionsbereich
- Hungarian: értelmezési tartomány
- Italian: dominio
- Polish: dziedzina
- Portuguese: domínio
- Swedish: definitionsmängd
- Vietnamese: tập xác định
DNS domain name
- German: Domain, Domäne
- Italian: dominio
- Polish: domena
- Portuguese: domínio
- Vietnamese: không gian tên, tên miền không gian
collection of DNS domain names
- German: Domains, Domänen
- Polish: domena
- Portuguese: domínio
collection of information
- German: Domain, Domäne, Wissensgebiet
- Italian: dominio
- Polish: domena
collection of computers
- German: Domain, Domäne
- Polish: domena
- Portuguese: domínio
- Vietnamese: không gian tên, tên miền không gian
highest-level grouping of organisms
Extensive Definition
Domain is the distinguished part of an abstract
or physical space where something exists, is performed, or valid.
For example, we may talk about: domain of interest, domain of
activity. This concept is used in every branch/sector/field of
human activity.
It also has several meanings:
General
- some kind of territory, such as (for example) a demesne or a realm
- a field of study
- public domain, a body of works and knowledge without proprietary interest
- eminent domain, the power of government to confiscate private property for public use
Places
- The Domain, a shopping mall in Austin, Texas, USA
- in several Commonwealth
countries, the name for parkland made available for public use by
the monarch
or their representative, the Governor. Examples
include:
- The Domain, Sydney: a large open space near the central business district of Sydney, Australia
- Kings Domain, Melbourne: in Victoria, Australia
- Queens Domain, Hobart: in Tasmania, Australia
- Auckland Domain: a large inner-city park in Auckland, New Zealand containing an ancient volcano and the War Memorial Museum
- Throughout New Zealand a Town Domain is typically a public sport area administered by a Domain Board.
- The Domain Tunnel, Melbourne: a tunnel that runs underneath the Yarra River and the Kings Domain in Victoria, Australia
Sciences
- synonymous with a metaphorical field, e.g. "the domain of computer science"
- domain (biology), a subdivision even larger than a kingdom
- protein domain, an autonomously folding functional module of a protein
- domain (physics), a region of a solid inside which a property is uniform (for example magnetic domain in ferromagnetism)
- atomic domain - a domain whose elements are classified as indivisible units
- domain of activity (in cognitive science), a mental or physical area where an intelligent agent/entity acts or is able to act, its determination is essential for the efficacy of reasoning, comprehension and cooperation
- domain knowledge, a specific expert knowledge valid for a pre-selected area of activity (for ex. nuclear plant engineering, negotiation methods, surgery) - it is domain-dependent
Mathematics
In mathematics domain can refer
to:
- the domain of a function
- one of the domains of a relation
- an ordered structure studied in domain theory
- a ring-theoretic domain, an integral domain or a Euclidean domain — types of ring
- an open and connected set
- domain of discourse in symbolic logic
Information technology
In information
technology, the term domain can refer to:
- Domain name, Internet domain name (most frequently ending on .com)
- a Windows Server domain, a centrally-managed group of computers using the Windows operating-system
- a broadcast domain in computer networking
- an application domain - the kinds of purposes for which users use a software system
- a software engineering domain - a field of study that defines a set of common requirements, terminology, and functionality for any software program constructed to solve a problem in that field. See also domain-specific programming languages.
- a CLR application domain, a mechanism for separating executed applications (similar to a process)
- In Database Theory, a data domain is a set of all permitted values.
- a workstation operating system called Domain/OS.
- a group of computers on a network that share a common directory or storage locations.
Music
- Domain (album), the debut album by the British metal band Above All
- Domain (band), a German heavy metal band
domain in Catalan: Domini
domain in Danish: Domæne
domain in German: Domäne
domain in Spanish: Dominio
domain in Basque: Domeinu
domain in French: Domaine
domain in Galician: Dominio
domain in Korean: 도메인
domain in Croatian: Domena
domain in Italian: Dominio
domain in Hebrew: תחום
domain in Hungarian: Domén
domain in Dutch: Domein
domain in Japanese: ドメイン
domain in Norwegian: Domene
domain in Norwegian Nynorsk: Domene
domain in Polish: Domena
domain in Portuguese: Domínio
(desambiguação)
domain in Russian: Домен
domain in Finnish: Domain
domain in Swedish: Domän
domain in Turkish: Domain
domain in Ukrainian: Домен
domain in Chinese: 域
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
academic discipline, academic specialty, acres, ally, ambit, animal kingdom, applied
science, archduchy,
archdukedom,
area, arena, art, bailiwick, beat, body politic, border, borderland, buffer state,
captive nation, chain of being, champaign, chattels real,
chieftaincy,
chieftainry,
circle, circuit, city-state, class
structure, colony,
commonweal, commonwealth, concern, country, county, demesne, department, department of
knowledge, discipline, dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, empery, empire, establishment, field, field of inquiry, field of
study, free city, grand duchy, grounds, hemisphere, hierarchy, honor, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, kingdom, land, landed property, lands, lot, lots, mandant, mandate, mandated territory,
mandatee, mandatory, manor, march, messuage, mineral kingdom,
nation, nationality, natural
hierarchy, natural science, ology, orb, orbit, pale, parcel, pecking order, plat, plot, polis, polity, possession, power, power structure, praedium, precinct, principality, principate, property, protectorate, province, puppet government,
puppet regime, pure science, pyramid, quadrat, real estate, real
property, realm, realty, republic, round, satellite, science, seneschalty, settlement, social science,
sovereign nation, speciality, specialization, specialty, sphere, state, study, subdiscipline, sultanate, superpower, technicology, technics, technology, tenements, terrain, territory, toft, toparchia, toparchy, vegetable kingdom,
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