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English

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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.

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
  2. A sphere of influence.
  3. A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
  4. The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.
  5. In the Context of Any Domain Name System|DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegate|delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomain|subdomains
  6. * 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
  7. *: Every name in the DNS tree is a domain, even if it is terminal, that is, has no subdomains.
  8. In the Context of A collection of Domain Name System|DNS or DNS-like domain name|domain names consisting of a delegate|delegated domain name and all its subdomain|subdomains
  9. A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computer|computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside
  10. The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain name|domain names
  11. In the Context of In the w:Three-domain system|three-domain system, the highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in other taxonomic systems, a similarly high rank
  12. In the Context of In the three-domain system, one of three taxon|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.


Synonyms


Antonyms

  • (domain of definition of a function): range
  • (domain of definition of a function): codomain


Derived terms


Related terms


Translations

  • Dutch: domein
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|domaine|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Domäne|f}}, {{t+|de|Gebiet|n}}, {{t+|de|Bezirk|m}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|dominio|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|domaine|f}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Domäne|f}}, {{t+|de|Gebiet|n}}, {{t+|de|Bereich|m}}
  • Italian: sfera di influenza
  • Polish: dziedzina
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|domínio|m}}
  • Scottish Gaelic: tighearnas , tighearnachd
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|esfera|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|domän|c}}
  • Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|lãnh địa|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t+|vi|lãnh thổ|xs=Vietnamese}}
  • Finnish: , , ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Gebiet|n}}, {{t+|de|Bereich|m}}
  • Polish: dziedzina
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|domínio|m}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|definiční obor|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Definitionsbereich|m}}
  • Hungarian: értelmezési tartomány
  • Italian: {{t+|it|dominio|m}}
  • German: {{t-|de|Domain|f}}, {{t+|de|Domäne|f}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|dominio|m}}
  • Polish: domena
  • German: {{t+|de|Domains|f|p}}, {{t+|de|Domänen|f|p}}
  • Polish: domena
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|domínio|m}}
  • German: {{t-|de|Domain|f}}, {{t+|de|Domäne|f}}, {{t+|de|Wissensgebiet|n}}
  • Italian: {{t+|it|dominio|m}}
  • German: {{t-|de|Domain|f}}, {{t+|de|Domäne|f}}
  • Polish: domena
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Domäne|f}}, {{t+|de|Bereich|f}}

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Domain \Do*main"\, n. [F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium,
property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See
Dame, and cf Demesne, Dungeon.]
1. Dominion; empire; authority.
[1913 Webster]

2. The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted;
the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the
like. Also used figuratively. [WordNet sense 2]
[1913 Webster]

The domain of authentic history. --E. Everett.
[1913 Webster]

The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. --J.
C. Shairp.
[1913 Webster]

3. Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the
mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy;
demesne. [WordNet sense 2] --Shenstone.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Law) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one
has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount
or sovereign ownership.
[1913 Webster]

5. (Math.) the set of values which the independent variable
of a function may take. Contrasted to range, which is
the set of values taken by the dependent variable.
[WordNet sense 3]
[PJC]

6. (Math.) a connected set of points, also called a region.
[PJC]

7. (Physics) a region within a ferromagnetic material,
composed of a number of atoms whose magnetic poles are
pointed in the same direction, and which may move together
in a coordinated manner when disturbed, as by heating. The
direction of polarity of adjacent domains may be
different, but may be aligned by a strong external
magnetic field.
[PJC]

8. (Computers) an address within the internet computer
network, which may be a single computer, a network of
computers, or one of a number of accounts on a multiuser
computer. The domain specifies the location (host
computer) to which communications on the internet are
directed. Each domain has a corresponding 32-bit number
usually represented by four numbers separated by periods,
as 128.32.282.56. Each domain may also have an
alphabetical name, usually composed of a name plus an
extension separated by a period, as worldsoul.org; the
alphabetical name is referred to as a domain name.
[PJC]

9. (Immunology) the three-dimensional structure within an
immunoglobulin which is formed by one of the homology
regions of a heavy or light chain. --Dict. Sci. Tech.
[PJC]

10. the field of knowledge, expertise, or interest of a
person; as, he had a limited domain of discourse; I can't
comment on that, it's outside my domain. [WordNet sense
5]

Syn: domain, realm, field, area. [PJC]

11. a particular environment or walk of life. [WordNet sense
1]

Syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena. [PJC]

12. people in general; especially a distinctive group of
people with some shared interest. [WordNet sense 4]

Syn: world, domain. [PJC]

Public domain,

1. the territory belonging to a State or to the general
government; public lands. [U.S.]

2. the situation or status of intellectual property which is
not protected by copyright, patent or other restriction on
use. Anything

in the public domain may be used by anyone without
restriction. The effective term of force of copyrights and
patents are limited by statute, and after the term
expires, the writings and inventions thus protected go
into the public domain and are free for use by all.

Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the
sovereign power over all the property within the state,
including that previously granted by itself, which
authorizes it to appropriate any part thereof to a
necessary public use, reasonable compensation being made.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet domain
n 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]
Moby Dictionary
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
, walk


DOMAIN Distributed Operating Multi Access Interactive Network (Apollo, Internet)
FOLDOC domain

1. In the theory of functions, the set of
argument values for which a function is defined.

See domain theory.

2. A group of computers whose hostnames share a
common suffix, the "domain name". The last component of this
is the top-level domain.

See administrative domain, Domain Name System, {fully
qualified domain name}.

3. Distributed Operating Multi Access Interactive Network.

4. 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.

5. The subject or market in which a piece of software is
designed to work.

(1997-12-26)


DOMAIN. It signifies sometimes, dominion, territory governed - sometimes, possession, estate - and sometimes, land about the mansion house of a lord. By domain is also understood the right to dispose at our pleasure of what belongs to us. 2. A distinction, has been made between property and domain. The former is said to be that quality which is conceived to be in the thing itself, considered as belonging to such or such person, exclusively of all others. By the latter is understood that right which the owner has of disposing of the thing. Hence domain and property are said to be correlative terms; the one is the active right to dispose, the other a passive quality which follows the thing, and places it at the disposition of the owner. 3 Toull. n. 8 3. But this distinction is too subtle for practical use. Puff. Droit de la Nature et des Gens, loi 4, c. 4, Sec. 2. Vide 1 B1. Com. 105, 106; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 456; Clef des Lois Rom. h.t.; Domat, h.t.; 1 Hill. Ab. 24; 2 Hill. Ab. 237; and Demesne as Of fee; Property; Things.
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