domain

  1. Noun.  A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
  2. Noun.  A sphere of influence.
  3. Noun.  A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
  4. Noun.  (mathematics) The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.
  5. Noun.  (mathematics, topology) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
  6. Noun.  (context, computing) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.
  7. Noun.  (context, computing) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.
  8. Noun.  (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.
  9. Noun.  (computing) The collection of computers identified by a '''domain''''s domain names.
  10. Noun.  (computing) A small magnetized area of a bubble memory storing one bit, a bubble.
  11. Noun.  (biology, taxonomy) In the three-domain system, the highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in other taxonomic systems, a similarly high rank.
  12. Noun.  (biology, taxonomy) In the three-domain system, one of three taxa at that rank: ''Bacteria'', ''Archaea'', or ''Eukaryota''.
  13. Noun.  (biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.