Domain

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"

a Field Of Study

Public Domain , a body of works and knowledge without proprietary interest

Domain Of Discourse in Symbolic Logic

atomic domain - a domain whose elements class as indivisible units

Eminent Domain , the Power of government to confiscate private property for public use

in several Commonwealth countries, the name for parkland made available for public use by the Monarch or their representative, the Governor . Examples include:

--- of Sydney , Australia

--- , Australia

--- , Australia

--- , New Zealand containing an ancient volcano and the War Memorial Museum

SCIENCES

in Biology , a Domain forms 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 comprises 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

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

In Information Technology , the term ''domain'' can refer to:

a machine or Virtual Host on the Internet ; do ''not'' confuse the name of a domain - its " Domain Name " - 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 Language s.

a Common Language Runtime Application Domain , a mechanism for separating executed applications (similar to a Process )

In Database Theory , a Domain is a set of all permitted atomic values.

a workstation operating system called Domain/OS .

ETYMOLOGY

The original Etymological implication of the word ''domain'' carries the idea of "something ruled". Compare and contrast Dominion , Domination , Dominant and Demesne .

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