domain name
noun
: a sequence of usually alphanumeric characters (such as Merriam-Webster.com) that specifies a group of online resources (as of a particular company or person) and that forms part of the corresponding Internet addresses
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An internet domain name, Business.com, had just sold for $7.5 million—a shocking sum that would be something like $14 million in today’s dollars.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
Disputes over domain names were not uncommon during the internet’s infancy but experts are hard pressed to recall one that has lasted this long.
—Jacob Judah, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Smith said a grassroots fundraising campaign will be kicking off as soon as its website is up at the domain name reserved for it: alltaxedout.com.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2024
The couple’s use of a coat of arms—despite no longer being working members of the royal family—as well as the use of Sussex in the domain name.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
The Google statement glossed over the fact, however, that command.com is a single domain name, while the .zip and .mov TLDs have the potential to be affixed to hundreds of thousands or even millions of domain names.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 18 May 2023
Somebody will scoop up a domain name that used to host a website but has since been abandoned.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
If the domain name used to rank highly in search results, the new clickbait articles will also rank highly, guaranteeing the prospector a steady stream of visitors searching the web for common phrases.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
The domain name is stored, encrypted, in a few data blocks that are decrypted via XOR operations.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
Disputes over domain names were not uncommon during the internet’s infancy but experts are hard pressed to recall one that has lasted this long.
—Jacob Judah, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Smith said a grassroots fundraising campaign will be kicking off as soon as its website is up at the domain name reserved for it: alltaxedout.com.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2024
The couple’s use of a coat of arms—despite no longer being working members of the royal family—as well as the use of Sussex in the domain name.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
The Google statement glossed over the fact, however, that command.com is a single domain name, while the .zip and .mov TLDs have the potential to be affixed to hundreds of thousands or even millions of domain names.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 18 May 2023
Somebody will scoop up a domain name that used to host a website but has since been abandoned.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
If the domain name used to rank highly in search results, the new clickbait articles will also rank highly, guaranteeing the prospector a steady stream of visitors searching the web for common phrases.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
The domain name is stored, encrypted, in a few data blocks that are decrypted via XOR operations.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Domain name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domain%20name. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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