What is the meaning of 'domain?

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What is the meaning of 'domain?

Answer 1

If you are talking about Windows Environment Operating Systems, well there are two types of managing your network, your computer will belong either to a workgroup  or to a domain.

In  a workgroup there are only clients computers where each computer has its own administrator where as in a domain you require at least one server (more than just a client computer in which it'll be a domain controller - it controls al l the operations on the domain) which means that all the computers that joined a specific domain have centralized administration. :)

Answer 2

1. Domain Name

A domain name is the core of your online identity. It is the address web surfers use to find your web site. Your domain name is yours entirely because once registered, no other party may use that identity online in that Top Level Domain.  

Domain Names always have 2 or more parts, separated by periods/dots. The part on the left is the most specific, and the part on the right is the most general.

Computers on the Internet use IP (Internet Protocol) numbers (e.g., 123.452.06.31) to locate other computers. Internet users would have a difficult time remembering these long strings of numbers to find sites, so Domain names were developed to translate IP numbers into easy to remember domain names.

Answer 3

domain

(1) 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.

(2) In database technology, domain refers to the description of an attributes allowed values. The physical description is a set of values the attribute can have, and the semantic, or logical, description is the meaning of the attribute.

Answer 4

Domain in what context? Domain, as in Windows Domain? Or domain, as in data domain? Or domain as in...whatever?