what is domain?

Answer 1

A name that identifies one or more IP addresses. For example, the domain name microsoft.com represents about a dozen IP addresses. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. For example, in the URL http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html, the domain name is pcwebopedia.com.
Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain (TLD) it belongs to. There are only a limited number of such domains. For example:

gov - Government agencies
edu - Educational institutions
org - Organizations (nonprofit)
mil - Military
com - commercial business
net - Network organizations
in - India
ca - Canada
th - Thailand

Because the Internet is based on IP addresses, not domain names, every Web server requires a Domain Name System (DNS) server to translate domain names into IP addresses.

See our list of Domain Extensions and the countries they coincide with in the Quick Reference section of Webopedia.

Also see Registering a Domain Name in the Did You Know section of Webopedia.

Answer 2

there is a lot under domain, since you ask in the network category so i thought this ll be the best answer

Windows Network Domain
Windows network technology enables you to create network domains. A domain is a group of connected Windows computers that share user account information and a security policy. A domain controller manages the user account information for all domain members.

The domain controller facilitates network administration. By managing one account list for all domain members, the domain controller relieves the network administrator of the requirement to synchronize the account lists on each of the domain computers. In other words, the network administrator who creates or changes a user account needs to update only the account list on the domain controller rather than the account lists on each of the computers in the domain.

To log in to a Windows database server, a user on another Windows computer must belong to either the same domain or a trusted domain. A trusted domain is one that has established a trust relationship with another domain. In a trust relationship, user accounts are located only in the trusted domain, but users can log on to the trusted domain.

A user who attempts to log in to a Windows computer that is a member of a domain can do so either by using a local login and profile or a domain login and profile. However, if the user is listed as a trusted user or the computer from which the user attempts to log in is listed as a trusted host, the user can be granted login access without a profile.

Answer 3

Domain has several meanings:



# some kind of territory, such as (for example) a demesne or a realm
# synonymous with a metaphorical field, e.g. "the domain of computer science"
# a field of study
# public domain, a body of works and knowledge without proprietary interest
# atomic domain - a domain whose elements class as indivisible units
# eminent domain, the power of government to confiscate private property for public use
# in several Commonwealth countries, the name for parkland made available for public use by the monarch or their representative, the Governor. Examples include:
The Domain, Sydney: a large open space near the central business district of Sydney, Australia
King's Domain, Melbourne: in Victoria, Australia
The Domain Tunnel, Melbourne: a tunnel that runs underneath the Yarra River in Victoria, Australia
Queens Domain, Hobart: in Tasmania, Australia
Auckland Domain: a large inner-city park in Auckland, New Zealand containing an ancient volcano and the War Memorial Museum
Throughout New Zealand a Town Domain is typically a public sport area administered by a Domain Board.

Sciences
# domain (biology), a subdivision even larger than a kingdom
# protein domain, an autonomously folding functional module of a protein
# domain (physics), a region of a solid inside which a property is uniform (for example magnetic domain in ferromagnetism)

Mathematics
In mathematics domain can refer to:

# the domain of a function
# one of the domains of a relation
# an ordered structure studied in domain theory
# a ring-theoretic domain, an integral domain or a Euclidean
domain — types of ring
# an open and connected set
# domain of discourse in symbolic logic

Information technology
In information technology, the term domain can refer to:

# a machine or virtual host on the Internet; do not confuse the name of a domain - its "domain name" - with the domain itself
# a Windows Server domain, a centrally-managed group of computers using the Windows operating-system
# a broadcast domain in computer networking
# an application domain - the kinds of purposes for which users use a software system
# a software engineering domain - a field of study that defines a set of common requirements, terminology, and functionality for # any software program constructed to solve a problem in that field. See also domain-specific programming languages.
# a CLR application domain, a mechanism for separating executed applications (similar to a process)
# In Database Theory, a data domain is a set of all permitted atomic values.
# a workstation operating system called Domain/OS.

Etymology
The original etymological implication of the word domain carries the idea of "something ruled". Compare and contrast dominion, domination, dominant and demesne.


In which context,you want details, please have same from site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain

Answer 4

I can say, dumbbutt s wrong!
Domain s just an I.D in case you are developing the Website!

Webspace s mandatory and it's different from domain and very much needed to host your site in the Internet!

Domain stands for your Website Identification in the Internet!

Answer 5

sphere: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out of my orbit"
territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined
world: people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
Within a protein, a structural domain ("domain") is an element of overall structure that is self-stabilizing and often folds independently of the rest of the protein chain. Many domains are not unique to the protein products of one gene or one gene family but instead appear in a variety of proteins. Domains often are named and singled out because they figure prominently in the biological function of the protein they belong to; for example, the "calcium-binding domain of calmodulin. ...
In biology, a domain or empire is the top-level grouping of organisms in scientific classification. Originally three kingdoms were distinguished: the fauna for animals, the flora (Vegetabilia) for plants, and Mineralia (early authors also treated minerals in a third kingdom). This corresponds to the old saying animal, vegetable or mineral?.
In mathematics, the domain of a function is the set of all input values to the function.
In abstract algebra, a domain is a ring with 0 ≠ 1 such that ab = 0 implies that either a = 0 or b = 0. That is, it is a nontrivial ring without left or right zero divisors.
One of the elements that comprise a DNS address. Domain names are divided into different categories: .com, .net, .org, .edu, .fr, .uk, etc.
A name by which a computer connected to the Internet is identified. A typical domain name looks like this: www.ibm.com. The "www." refers to the fact that this computer is connected to the World Wide Web; the middle portion of a domain name is usually the name of the company that owns the computer—in this case,IMB ; the final portion of a domain name tells you what kind of site is served by this machine—in this case, ‘.com’ means this is a commercial site (other types of sites are: . ...
An object, icon, or container that contains other objects representing the resources of a domain. You can use the domain object to manage those resources.
A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit with common rules and procedures. Within the Internet, domains are defined by the IP address. All devices sharing a common part of the IP address are said to be in the same domain.
A group of IP addresses corresponding to a specific site, group, university, or company, from which the IP address for a specific machine can be assigned.
typically the last three letters of an Internet address represent the domain or particular section of the Internet. Major domain suffixes are listed below: .edu - Educational Institutions; .gov - US Government; .com - Commercial (business); .net - Network Infrastructure Organizations; .org - Non-profit Organizations; .mil - military organizations and country codes such as .ca for Canada, .fr for France, and .jp for Japan.

Answer 6

If you're wanting to setup your own website, you'll first need to get someone to provide you with the space in which to do it with, called "Domain Space." The larger the domain, the higher the cost of course, poor Yahoo lol.

Answer 7

your own private land for hosting websites....pay rent increase every year or loose the domain

Answer 8

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Answer 9

the host...