'Domain' has several meanings:
General
★ some kind of
territory, such as (for example) a
demesne or a
realm
★ synonymous with a metaphorical field, e.g. "the domain of computer science"
★
★ atomic domain - a domain whose elements are classified as indivisible units
★ a
field of study
★
public domain, a body of works and knowledge without proprietary interest
★
eminent domain, the
power of government to confiscate private property for public use
Places
★
The Domain, a shopping mall in Austin, Texas, USA
★ in several
Commonwealth countries, the name for parkland made available for public use by the
monarch or their representative, the
Governor. Examples include:
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★
The Domain, Sydney: a large open space near the
central business district of
Sydney,
Australia
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★
Kings Domain, Melbourne: in
Victoria,
Australia
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★ The
Domain Tunnel, Melbourne: a tunnel that runs underneath the
Yarra River in
Victoria,
Australia
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★
Queens Domain, Hobart: in
Tasmania,
Australia
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★
Auckland Domain: a large inner-city park in
Auckland,
New Zealand containing an ancient volcano and the
War Memorial Museum
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★ Throughout New Zealand a ''Town Domain'' is typically a public sport area administered by a ''Domain Board''.
Sciences
★
domain (biology), a subdivision even larger than a
kingdom
★
protein domain, an autonomously folding functional module of a
protein
★
domain (physics), 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
★ one of the domains of a
relation
★ an ordered structure studied in
domain theory
★ a
ring-theoretic domain, an
integral domain or a
Euclidean domain — types of
ring
★ an
open and
connected set
★
domain of discourse in
symbolic logic
Information technology
In
information technology, the term ''domain'' can refer to:
★ a machine or
virtual host on the
Internet; the name of a domain (the "
domain name") can 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 - the kinds of purposes for which users use a
software system
★ a
software engineering domain - 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
CLR application domain, a mechanism for separating executed applications (similar to a
process)
★ In
Database Theory, a
data domain is a set of all permitted atomic values.
★ a workstation operating system called
Domain/OS.
★ a group of computers on a network that share a common directory or storage locations.
Music
★
Domain is the debut album by the British metal band
Above All.
★
Domain is a German heavy metal band