Domain is the distinguished part of an abstract or physical space where something exists, is performed, or valid. For example, we may talk about: domain of interest, domain of activity. This concept is used in every branch/sector/field of human activity.
It also has several meanings:
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General
- some kind of territory, such as (for example) a demesne or a realm
- 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. Types of administrative and/or political territories include Many types of legally administered territories, each of which is a non-sovereign geographic area In the Feudal system demesne (also spelled desmesne pronounced /dəmeɪn/ or /dəmiːn/; via Old French demeine from Latin dominium) was all the land A realm (rɛlm is the dominion of a monarch king queen emperor empress or other sovereign ruler An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of Knowledge which is taught or Researched at the college or university level The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone Eminent domain ( United States) compulsory purchase ( United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland) resumption/compulsory acquisition Power is a measure of a person's ability to control the environment around them including the behavior of other people The Domain is a high-density business retail and residential center operated by Simon Property Group and Endeavor Real Estate Group, and is located in the high-tech TalkCommonewalth realm.--> The monarchy A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government Examples include:
- The Domain, Sydney: a large open space near the central business district of Sydney, Australia
- Kings Domain, Melbourne: in Victoria, Australia
- Queens Domain, Hobart: in Tasmania, Australia
- Auckland Domain: a large inner-city park in Auckland, New Zealand containing an ancient volcano and the War Memorial Museum
- Throughout New Zealand a Town Domain is typically a public sport area administered by a Domain Board. The Domain is a large open space in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Kings Domain is part of the Domain Parklands in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on the south side of the Yarra River, that incorporates For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Auckland Domain is Auckland 's oldest Park, and at 75 hectares one of the largest in the city The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Auckland War Memorial Museum (or simply the Auckland Museum) is one of New Zealand 's most important national Museums and War memorials
- The Domain Tunnel, Melbourne: a tunnel that runs underneath the Yarra River and the Kings Domain in Victoria, Australia
Sciences
- synonymous with a metaphorical field, e. The Yarra River is a River in southern Victoria, Australia. The lower stretches of the river is where the city of Melbourne was established For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. g. "the domain of computer science"
- 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)
- atomic domain - a domain whose elements are classified as indivisible units
- domain of activity (in cognitive science), a mental or physical area where an intelligent agent/entity acts or is able to act, its determination is essential for the efficacy of reasoning, comprehension and cooperation
- domain knowledge, a specific expert knowledge valid for a pre-selected area of activity (for ex. In biological Taxonomy, a domain (also superregnum, superkingdom, or empire) is the highest Taxonomic rank of Organisms In biological Taxonomy, a kingdom or regnum is a Taxonomic rank in either (historically the highest rank or (in the new three-domain system A protein domain is a part of protein sequence and structure that can evolve, function and exist independently of the rest of the protein chain Proteins are large Organic compounds made of Amino acids arranged in a linear chain and joined together by Peptide bonds between the Carboxyl A magnetic domain describes a region within a material which has uniform Magnetization. Ferromagnetism is the basic mechanism by which certain materials (such as Iron) form Permanent magnets and/or exhibit strong interactions with Magnets it Cognitive science may be broadly defined as the multidisciplinary study of mind and behavior In Artificial intelligence, an intelligent agent ( IA) is an entity which observes "reason" and acts upon an environment (i An entity is something that has a distinct separate Existence, though it need not be a material existence Reasoning is the cognitive process of looking for Reasons for beliefs conclusions actions or feelings Distinguish from Corporation. Cooperation, co-operation, or coöperation is the process of working or acting together Most generally domain knowledge is the Knowledge which is valid and directly used for a pre-selected Domain of human endeavor or an autonomous computer activity An "expert" ( is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or Skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly justly Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding nuclear plant engineering, negotiation methods, surgery) - it is domain-dependent
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:
- Domain name, Internet domain name (most frequently ending on . Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and In Mathematics, the domain of a given function is the set of " Input " values for which the function is defined The Mathematical concept of a function expresses dependence between two quantities one of which is given (the independent variable, argument of the function This article sets out the set-theoretic notion of relation For a more elementary point of view see Binary relations and Triadic relations Domain theory is a branch of Mathematics that studies special kinds of Partially ordered sets (posets commonly called domains. In Mathematics, especially in the area of Abstract algebra known as Ring theory, a domain is a ring with 0 &ne 1 such that ab = 0 In Abstract algebra, a branch of Mathematics, an integral domain is a Commutative ring with an additive identity 0 and a multiplicative identity 1 such In Abstract algebra, a Euclidean domain (also called a Euclidean ring) is a type of ring in which the Euclidean algorithm applies In Mathematics, a ring is an Algebraic structure which generalizes the algebraic properties of the Integers though the rational, real In Metric topology and related fields of Mathematics, a set U is called open if intuitively speaking starting from any point x in In Topology and related branches of Mathematics, a connected space is a Topological space which cannot be represented as the disjoint union of The domain of discourse, sometimes called the universe of discourse, logical discourse, or simply discourse, is an analytic tool used in Deductive Symbolic logic is the area of Mathematics which studies the purely formal properties of strings of symbols Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support In Computer networking, a domain name is a name given to a collection of network devices that belong to a domain which is an administrative space managed according com)
- 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. A Windows Server domain is a logical group of computers running versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system that share a central directory database Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. A broadcast domain is a logical division of a Computer network, in which all nodes can reach each other by broadcast at the Data link layer A Common Language Runtime application domain is a mechanism (similar to an Operating system process) used to isolate executed Software applications from A software system is a System based on Software forming part of a Computer system (a combination of hardware and software Software engineering is the application of a systematic disciplined quantifiable approach to the development operation and maintenance of Software. Computer programs (also software programs, or just programs) are instructions for a Computer. See also domain-specific programming languages. The term domain-specific language ( DSL) has become popular in recent years in Software development to indicate a Programming language or Specification
- 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 values. A Common Language Runtime application domain is a mechanism (similar to an Operating system process) used to isolate executed Software applications from In computing a process is an instance of a Computer program that is being sequentially executed by a computer system that has the ability to run several computer A Computer Database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system In Data management and Database analysis a data domain refers to all the unique values which a Data element may contain
- a workstation operating system called Domain/OS. Domain/OS is the Operating system used by the Apollo/Domain line of Workstations manufactured by Apollo Computer, Inc
- a group of computers on a network that share a common directory or storage locations.
Music
- Domain (album), the debut album by the British metal band Above All
- Domain (band), a German heavy metal band
Dictionary
domain
-noun
- A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
- A sphere of influence.
- A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
- (mathematics) The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.
- (computing, Internet) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains
- (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains
- (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside
- (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names
- (biology, taxonomy) In the three-domain system, the highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in other taxonomic systems, a similarly high rank
- (biology, taxonomy) In the three-domain system, one of three taxa at that rank: (Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryota)