DOMAIN NAME

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet

Example:

domain names are organized hierarchically with the more generic parts to the right

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("domain name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

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