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domain name
The definition of a domain name is the letters and numbers that form a website address on the Internet that can be used to locate a set of HTML pages. The named address includes:
- The type of organization
- The name of the organization
- Country of origin
Domain names are limited and registered by an international organization called ICANN.
(noun)- An example of a domain name is www.yourdictionary.com.
- An example of a domain name showing a country of orgin is .ca for Canada or .uk for the United Kingdom.
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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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