domain

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English demayne, demain (“rule”), from Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”), (French domaine), from Latin dominium (“property, right of ownership”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). Doublet of demesne and dominium, and closely related to dominion and domino. See also dame, and compare demain, danger, dungeon. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdəʊˈmeɪ̯n/, /dəˈmeɪ̯n/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌdoʊ̯ˈmeɪ̯n/, /dəˈmeɪ̯n/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌdəʉ̯ˈmæ̝ɪ̯n/, /dəˈmæ̝ɪ̯n/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ɖoˈmeːn/ Rhymes: -eɪn Hyphenation: do‧main Homophone: demesne === Noun === domain (plural domains) A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization. A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise. A group of related items, topics, or subjects. (mathematics, set theory) The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined. (more generally, of a binary relation R between A and B) The set A; The subset of A consisting of elements a of A such that there exists an element b in B with (a,b) in R. (mathematics) A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero. Hyponym: integral domain (mathematics, topology, mathematical analysis) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers. (computing, Internet) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains. 2000, BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Internet Software Consortium [4] Every name in the DNS tree is a domain, even if it is terminal, that is, has no subdomains. (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains. (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside. (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names. (physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction. (computing) Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory. (data processing) A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage. (taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota. (biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function; the equivalent section of a chromosome. (geology) An area of more or less uniform mineralization. ==== Usage notes ==== (collection of information): Used in a context in which domain name services, or kindred services, are managed in a fashion that is integrated with the management of other computer and network related information. (collection of computers): Used in the same context as the collection of information domain sense. ==== Synonyms ==== (geographic area): demesne (where a function is defined): domain of definition (collection of DNS names): domain name, hostname (taxonomic rank): dominium ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “domain of definition of a function”): range (antonym(s) of “domain of definition of a function”): codomain ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Domain (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “domain”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “domain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Amidon, Imonda, daimon, domina == Indonesian == === Etymology === From English domain, from Middle English demayne, demain (“rule”), from Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”), (French domaine), from Latin dominium (“property, right of ownership”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). Doublet of dame. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /doˈmain/ [doˈma.ɪn] Rhymes: -ain Syllabification: do‧main === Noun === domain (plural domain-domain) domain (geography) a geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization. Synonyms: daerah, ranah, wilayah (computing, Internet) DNS domain name (mathematics) the set on which a function is defined (mathematics) ring with no zero divisors (taxonomy) highest-level grouping of organisms (biochemistry) folded section of a protein ==== Alternative forms ==== domein ==== Hyponyms ==== === Further reading === “domain”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === domuin === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *dubnis, a variant form of *dubnos (“world, deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰnós. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈd̪o.β̃ənʲ/ (Blasse) [ˈd̪o.β̃ɪnʲ] (Griffith) [ˈd̪o.β̃ɨnʲ] === Adjective === domain (comparative domnu) deep ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== domnae fudumain ==== Descendants ==== Irish: domhain Manx: dowin Scottish Gaelic: domhainn === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “domain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /doˈmein/ [d̪oˈmẽĩn] Rhymes: -ein Syllabification: do‧main === Noun === domain m (plural domains) (Internet) domain