Domain
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Domain has several meanings:
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General
- some kind of territory, such as (for example) a demesne or a realm
- synonymous with field, e.g. the domain of computer science
- public domain, a body of works and knowledge without proprietary interest
- domain of discourse in symbolic logic
- eminent domain, the power of government to confiscate private property for public use
- application domain, the kind of uses a computer program or something else is used for
- The Domain is a large open space near the central business district of Sydney, Australia
Sciences
- in biology, a domain is a subdivision even larger than a kingdom
- in biochemistry and protein science, a domain is an autonomously folding functional module of a protein
- in physics a domain is a region of a solid inside which a property is uniform (for example magnetic domain in ferromagnetism)
Mathematics
In mathematics domain can refer to:
- the domain of a function
- an ordered structure studied in domain theory
- integral domain or Euclidean domain — types of ring
- a set that is open and connected
Information technology
In information technology, the term domain can refer to:
- a machine or virtual host on the Internet; the name of a domain is called a "domain name", and should not be confused with the domain itself
- a Windows Server domain, a centrally-managed group of computers using the Windows operating system
- a broadcast domain in computer networking
- an application domain is the kinds of purposes a software system is used for.
- a software engineering domain is a field of study that defines a set of common requirements, terminology, and functionality for any software program constructed to solve a problem in that field. See also domain-specific programming languages.
- a Common Language Runtime application domain, a mechanism for separating executed applications (similar to a process)
Atomic domain - elements of the domain are considered to be indivisible units
Etymology
The original etymological implication of the word domain carries the idea of something ruled. Compare dominion.
