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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Occasionally other nefarious actors would create their own webpages with similar domain names.
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), an antipiracy coalition led by the Motion Picture Association, announced the shutdown of Streameast and its 80 associated internet domain names in collaboration with Egyptian authorities.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Portmanteau power for creative domain names Portmanteau is a fancy linguistic term for when two words are fused into one.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The cryptographic keys securing FIDO are bound to the domain name of the service being logged into.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
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Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), an antipiracy coalition led by the Motion Picture Association, announced the shutdown of Streameast and its 80 associated internet domain names in collaboration with Egyptian authorities.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Portmanteau power for creative domain names Portmanteau is a fancy linguistic term for when two words are fused into one.
—Renae Gregoire, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The cryptographic keys securing FIDO are bound to the domain name of the service being logged into.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Domain name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/domain%20name. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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