domain name

1. 1.

   strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet

   “domain names are organized hierarchically with the more generic parts to the right”

   Broadername

   computer science

Questions about domain name

What does domain name mean?

domain name means "strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet".

Is domain name a common word?

domain name is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.