Definition of "domain"
- 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.
An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.
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 domain's domain names.
A small magnetized area of a bubble memory storing one bit, a bubble.
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 three-domain system, one of three taxa at that rank: Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.
A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function.
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