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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Here are the top seven biggest-ticket domain name sales of all time. —

Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 24 Feb. 2023 Conversely, wallet and application providers are unlikely to provide domain name integration to a bad actor. —

Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 22 Feb. 2023 Perhaps most basically, is the domain name or user handle you are hoping for even available? —

Lisa Balter Saacks, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2021 Indeed, the domain name is blumsrewarddeficiencysyndrome.com. —

Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2015 A few years ago, one case involved a brand new domain name — something that should be a red flag to a potential scam involving a bank. —

Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2023 TrustCor has issued more than 10,0000 certificates, many of them for sites hosted with a dynamic domain name service provider called No-IP, the researchers said. —

Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022 Check Point determined that the phishing campaign was linked to Iran because the attacker used a domain name that was also used in an Iranian campaign that targeted attendees of the 2020 Munich Security conference, according to Shykevich. —

William Turton, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2022 On June 17, 2021, Zoë registered the domain name www.johnathanmichaelholmes.com and began building out the website with individual stories of women’s encounters with Holmes. —

Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2023 See More

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