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About

The term domain is just the equivalent short name for a DNS name (ie Domain name).

For more information, check the dedicated page: What is a Domain Name in DNS ?

Usage Example

This examples show how the domain name is used to define a host resource.

HostName

The Hostname is a domain name that identifies a host.

Example: host.example.com is a domain name

Email address

In the email address label@name, the domain name is the part after the arobase.

The domain portion identifies the point (node) to which the mail should be delivered:

Url

In a url: https://host/path?query#fragment, the domain name is the host part that identifies a HTTP server.