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Domain name

Meaning in web development, with examples

nounCore term

In web development, domain name means: The readable address of a website, such as example.com, which people type instead of a numeric IP address.

In Turkish: alan adı, domain

How it is used

You register, buy, renew, transfer and point a domain name, usually through a registrar and for a yearly fee. In speech people mostly just say 'domain'.

Example sentences

  1. Did anyone renew the domain name? The site is showing a parking page.

  2. We bought the domain name last week, but it isn't pointing to our server yet.

Common collocations

  • register a domain name
  • renew a domain
  • custom domain
  • point a domain to
  • DNSDomain Name System: the internet's directory that translates domain names like example.com into the IP addresses of servers.
  • hostingA service that keeps a website's files and code on servers connected to the internet, so that people can visit the site at any time.
  • URLUniform Resource Locator: the full address of a page or file on the web, such as https://example.com/blog?page=2.
  • SSL certificateA digital file installed on a server that proves the site's identity and lets the browser set up an encrypted HTTPS connection.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

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