domain name

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də(ʊ)ˈmeɪnˌneɪm/

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

Noun

domain name (plural domain names)

1. (Internet) A unique, case-insensitive name that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet.

   Synonym: domain

   • 2010, Jacqueline D. Lipton, Internet Domain Names, Trademarks and Free Speech, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 235:

     Another potentially problematic category of domain name disputes involves domain names that correspond to more miscellaneous subjects, such as culturally and geographically significant words and phrases.

Derived terms

• domain name server
• Domain Name System

Translations

unique name

• Afrikaans: domeinnaam
• Armenian: դոմենային անուն (domenayin anun)
• Bulgarian: и́ме на доме́йн n (íme na doméjn)
• Czech: doménové jméno n
• Dutch: domein (nl) n, domeinnaam (nl) m
• Finnish: verkkotunnus (fi)
• German: Domain (de) f, Domainname m
• Maori: ingoa tauwāhi
• Vietnamese: tên miền (vi)

See also

• DNS, Domain Name System
• URL
• top-level domain
• zone