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domain name definition - telecom
In the context of the World Wide Web (WWW), the name under which an organization or individual registers a Web address. The domain name follows a convention known as the Domain Name System (DNS). See also DNS and WWW.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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