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domain name

A domain name is the letters and numbers that form a website address on the Internet. (noun)

An example of a domain name is www.yourdictionary.com.

See domain name in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a unique string of keyboard characters serving as the part of an Internet or Web address that is legally registered as by a particular organization, e-mail service, etc.

See domain name in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A series of alphanumeric strings separated by periods, such as www.hmco.com, that is an address of a computer network connection and that identifies the owner of the address.

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