General

• Territory (administrative division), a non-sovereign geographic area which has come under the authority of another government
• Public domain
  Public domain
  Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
  
  , a body of works and knowledge without proprietary interest
• Eminent domain
  Eminent domain
  Eminent domain , compulsory purchase , resumption/compulsory acquisition , or expropriation is an action of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate property, or seize a citizen's rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent...
  
  , the power of government to confiscate private property for public use
• Domain, a game published by Parker Brothers in 1983

Sciences

• Domain (biology)
  Domain (biology)
  In biological taxonomy, a domain is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms, higher than a kingdom. According to the three-domain system of Carl Woese, introduced in 1990, the Tree of Life consists of three domains: Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya...
  
  , a subdivision even larger than a kingdom
• Domain knowledge
  Domain knowledge
  Domain knowledge is that valid knowledge used to refer to an area of human endeavour, an autonomous computer activity, or other specialized discipline.Specialists and experts use and develop their own domain knowledge...
  
  , a specific expert knowledge valid for a pre-selected area of activity, such as surgery
• Domain specificity
  Domain specificity
  Domain specificity is a theoretical position in cognitive science that argues that many aspects of cognition are supported by specialized, presumably evolutionarily specified, learning devices...
  
  , a theoretical position arguing that many aspects of cognition are supported by specialized learning devices
• Domain wall
  Domain wall
  A domain wall is a term used in physics which can have one of two distinct but similar meanings in magnetism, optics, or string theory. These phenomena can all be generically described as topological solitons which occur whenever a discrete symmetry is spontaneously broken.-Magnetism:In magnetism,...
  
  , a term used in physics which can have one of two distinct but similar meanings in either magnetism or string theory
• Magnetic domain, a region within a magnetic material which has uniform magnetization
• Protein domain
  Protein domain
  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. Each domain forms a compact three-dimensional structure and often can be independently stable and folded. Many proteins consist of several structural...
  
  , a part of a protein that can exist independently of the rest of the protein chain

Information technology

• Administrative domain
  Administrative domain
  -Definition:An administrative domain is a service provider holding a security repository permitting to easily authenticate and authorize clients with credentials.This particularly applies to computer network security....
  
  , a service provider holding a security repository permitting to easily authenticate and authorize clients with credentials
• Application domain
  Application domain
  In Microsoft's Common Language Runtime , an application domain is a mechanism used to isolate executed software applications from one another so that they do not affect each other...
  
  , the kinds of purposes for which users use a software system
• Broadcast domain
  Broadcast domain
  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 broadcast domain can be within the same LAN segment or it can be bridged to other LAN segments....
  
  , in computer networking, a group of special purpose addresses to receive network announcements
• Clock domain crossing
  Clock domain crossing
  A clock domain crossing , or simply clock crossing, is when a signal crosses from one clock domain into another. If a signal does not assert long enough and is not registered, it may appear asynchronous on the incoming clock boundary....
  
  , when a signal crosses from one clock domain into another
• CLR application domain
  CLR application domain
  In Microsoft's Common Language Runtime , an application domain is a mechanism used to isolate executed software applications from one another so that they do not affect each other...
  
  , a mechanism for separating executed applications (similar to a process)
• Collision domain
  Collision domain
  A collision domain is a section of a network where data packets can collide with one another when being sent on a shared medium or through repeaters, in particular, when using early versions of Ethernet. A network collision occurs when more than one device attempts to send a packet on a network...
  
  , a physical network segment that is a shared medium where data packets can "collide" with one another
• Data domain
  Data domain
  In data management and database analysis, a data domain refers to all the unique values which a data element may contain. The rule for determining the domain boundary may be as simple as a data type with an enumerated list of values....
  
  , in database theory, a set of all permitted values
• Domain (software engineering)
  Domain (software engineering)
  A domain is a field of study that defines a set of common requirements, terminology, and functionality for any software program constructed to solve a problem in the area of computer programming, known as domain engineering....
  
  , 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
• Domain analysis
  Domain analysis
  In software engineering, domain analysis, or product line analysis, is the process of analyzing related software systems in a domain to find their common and variable parts. It is a model of wider business context for the system. The term was coined in the early 1980s by James Neighbors. Domain...
  
  , the process of analyzing related software systems in a domain to find their common and variable parts
• Domain-driven design
  Domain-driven design
  Domain-driven design is an approach to developing software for complex needs by deeply connecting the implementation to an evolving model of the core business concepts...
  
  , an approach to the design of software
• Domain engineering
  Domain engineering
  Domain engineering, also called product line engineering, is the entire process of reusing domain knowledge in the production of new software systems. It is a key concept in systematic software reuse. A key idea in systematic software reuse is the application domain, a software area that contains...
  
  , the reusing of domain knowledge in the production of new software
• Domain model
  Domain model
  A domain model in problem solving and software engineering can be thought of as a conceptual model of a domain of interest which describes the various entities, their attributes, roles and relationships, plus the constraints that govern the integrity of the model elements comprising that problem...
  
  , a conceptual model of a system that describes the various entities involved and their relationships
• Domain name
  Domain name
  A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet. Domain names are formed by the rules and procedures of the Domain Name System ....
  
  , a common network name under which a collection of network devices are organized (e.g., example.com)
  • Domain hack
    Domain hack
    A domain hack is an unconventional domain name that combines domain levels, especially the top-level domain , to spell out the full "name" or title of the domain. Examples include del.icio.us , goo.gl and fold.it...
    
    , a domain name that combines domain levels to spell out the full "name" or title of the domain
  • Domain information groper
    Domain Information Groper
    Domain Information Groper is a network administration command-line tool for querying Domain Name System name servers for any desired DNS records....
    
     a tool that queries DNS servers for any desired DNS records
  • Domain name registrar
    Domain name registrar
    A domain name registrar is an organization or commercial entity, accredited by both ICANN and generic top-level domain registry to sell gTLDs and/or by a country code top-level domain registry to sell ccTLDs; to manage the reservation of Internet domain names in accordance with the guidelines of...
    
    , an organization that manages the reservation of Internet domain names in one or more domains
  • Domain name registry
    Domain name registry
    A domain name registry is a database of all domain names registered in a top-level domain. A registry operator, also called a network information center , is the part of the Domain Name System of the Internet that keeps the database of domain names, and generates the zone files which convert...
    
    , a database of all domain names registered in a top-level domain
  • Domain Name System
    Domain name system
    The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
    
     (DNS), an hierarchical naming system for computers or any resource connected to the Internet
  • Domain privacy
    Domain privacy
    Domain privacy is a service offered by a number of domain name registrars. A user buys privacy from the company, who in turn replaces the user's info in the WHOIS with the info of a forwarding service such as "Domains by Proxy, Inc." or eNom's "Whois Privacy Protection Service".-Level of...
    
    , a service that replaces the user's information in the WHOIS directory with the information of a forwarding service
  • Second-level domain
    Second-level domain
    In the Domain Name System hierarchy, a second-level domain is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain . For example, in example.com, example is the second-level domain of the .com TLD....
    
    , a domain that is directly below a top-level domain
  • Top-level domain
    Top-level domain
    A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
    
     one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet

• Domain-specific language, a programming language or specification language dedicated to a particular problem domain
• Domain-specific modeling
  Domain-Specific Modeling
  Domain-specific modeling is a software engineering methodology for designing and developing systems, such as computer software. It involves systematic use of a domain-specific language to represent the various facets of a system...
  
  , a software engineering methodology that uses a graphical domain-specific language
• Domain/OS
  Domain/OS
  Domain/OS is the operating system used by the Apollo/Domain line of workstations manufactured by Apollo Computer, Inc. during the late 1980s, as the successor to the one previously used, AEGIS. It was one of the early distributed operating systems...
  
  , a workstation operating system
• Full Domain Hash
  Full Domain Hash
  In cryptography, the Full Domain Hash is an RSA-based signature scheme that follows the hash-and-sign paradigm. It is provably secure in the random oracle model...
  
  , an RSA-based signature scheme that follows the hash-and-sign paradigm
• Windows domain, collection of security principals (all objects Active Directory)
  • Domain controller
    Domain controller
    On Windows Server Systems, a domain controller is a server that responds to security authentication requests within the Windows Server domain...
    
     a server that responds to security authentication requests within the Windows Server domain
  • Backup Domain Controller
    Backup Domain Controller
    In Windows NT 4 server domains., the Backup Domain Controller is a computer that has a copy of the user accounts database. Unlike the accounts database on the Primary Domain Controller , the BDC database is a read only copy...
    
    , a Windows NT 4 server that has a backup copy of the user accounts database
  • Primary Domain Controller
    Primary Domain Controller
    A Primary Domain Controller is a server computer in a Windows domain. A domain is a group of computers , where access to a variety of computer resources is controlled by the PDC. Various account types exist in the domain, the most basic is the "guest" or "anonymous login" account...
    
    , a pre-Windows 2000 NT server with the master copy of the user accounts database

Mathematics

• Domain (ring theory)
  Domain (ring theory)
  In mathematics, especially in the area of abstract algebra known as ring theory, a domain is a ring such that ab = 0 implies that either a = 0 or b = 0. That is, it is a ring which has no left or right zero divisors. Some authors require the ring to be nontrivial...
  
  , a nontrivial ring without left or right zero divisors
  • Integral domain, a non-trivial commutative ring without zero divisors
  • Principal ideal domain
    Principal ideal domain
    In abstract algebra, a principal ideal domain, or PID, is an integral domain in which every ideal is principal, i.e., can be generated by a single element. More generally, a principal ideal ring is a nonzero commutative ring whose ideals are principal, although some authors refer to PIDs as...
    
    , an integral domain in which every ideal is principal
  • Unique factorization domain
    Unique factorization domain
    In mathematics, a unique factorization domain is, roughly speaking, a commutative ring in which every element, with special exceptions, can be uniquely written as a product of prime elements , analogous to the fundamental theorem of arithmetic for the integers...
    
    , an integral domain in which every non-zero element can be written as a product of irreducible elements in essentially a unique way
  • Atomic domain
    Atomic domain
    In mathematics, more specifically ring theory, an atomic domain or factorization domain is an integral domain, every non-zero non-unit of which can be written as a product of irreducible elements...
    
    , an integral domain in which every non-zero non-unit is a finite product of irreducible elements
  • Euclidean domain
    Euclidean domain
    In mathematics, more specifically in abstract algebra and ring theory, a Euclidean domain is a ring that can be endowed with a certain structure – namely a Euclidean function, to be described in detail below – which allows a suitable generalization of the Euclidean algorithm...
    
    , an integral domain which allows a suitable generalization of the Euclidean algorithm
  • Dedekind domain
    Dedekind domain
    In abstract algebra, a Dedekind domain or Dedekind ring, named after Richard Dedekind, is an integral domain in which every nonzero proper ideal factors into a product of prime ideals. It can be shown that such a factorization is then necessarily unique up to the order of the factors...
    
    , an integral domain in which every nonzero proper ideal factors into a product of prime ideals
  • GCD domain
    GCD domain
    In mathematics, a GCD domain is an integral domain R with the property that any two non-zero elements have a greatest common divisor . Equivalently, any two non-zero elements of R have a least common multiple ....
    
    , an integral domain in which every two non-zero elements have a greatest common divisor
  • Bézout domain
    Bézout domain
    In mathematics, a Bézout domain is an integral domain in which the sum of two principal ideals is again a principal ideal. This means that for every pair of elements a Bézout identity holds, and that every finitely generated ideal is principal...
    
    , an integral domain in which the sum of two principal ideals is again a principal ideal
• Domain (mathematical analysis), an open connected set
• Domain coloring
  Domain coloring
  Domain coloring is a technique for visualizing functions of a complex variable. The term "domain coloring" was coined by Frank Farris possibly around 1998...
  
  , a technique for visualizing functions of a complex variable
• Domain decomposition methods
  Domain decomposition methods
  ]In mathematics, numerical analysis, and numerical partial differential equations, domain decomposition methods solve a boundary value problem by splitting it into smaller boundary value problems on subdomains and iterating to coordinate the solution between adjacent subdomains...
  
  , solve a boundary value problem by splitting it into smaller problems on subdomains
• Domain of a function, also called the source, the set of input values for which the function is defined
• Domain of discourse
  Domain of discourse
  In the formal sciences, the domain of discourse, also called the universe of discourse , is the set of entities over which certain variables of interest in some formal treatment may range...
  
  , an analytic tool that indicates the relevant set of entities that are being dealt with by quantifiers
• Domain relational calculus
  Domain relational calculus
  In computer science, domain relational calculus is a calculus that was introduced by Michel Lacroix and Alain Pirotte as a declarative database query language for the relational data model.In DRC, queries have the form:...
  
  , a calculus that was introduced as a declarative database query language for the relational data model
• Domain theory
  Domain theory
  Domain theory is a branch of mathematics that studies special kinds of partially ordered sets commonly called domains. Consequently, domain theory can be considered as a branch of order theory. The field has major applications in computer science, where it is used to specify denotational...
  
  , a branch of mathematics that studies special kinds of partially ordered sets (posets) commonly called domains
• Frequency domain
  Frequency domain
  In electronics, control systems engineering, and statistics, frequency domain is a term used to describe the domain for analysis of mathematical functions or signals with respect to frequency, rather than time....
  
  , a term used to describe the analysis of mathematical functions with respect to frequency, rather than time
• Fundamental domain
  Fundamental domain
  In geometry, the fundamental domain of a symmetry group of an object is a part or pattern, as small or irredundant as possible, which determines the whole object based on the symmetry. More rigorously, given a topological space and a group acting on it, the images of a single point under the group...
  
  , a symmetry group of an object is a part or pattern, as small or irredundant as possible, which determines the whole object based on the symmetry
• Invariance of domain
  Invariance of domain
  Invariance of domain is a theorem in topology about homeomorphic subsets of Euclidean space Rn. It states:The theorem and its proof are due to L.E.J. Brouwer, published in 1912...
  
  , a theorem in topology about homeomorphic subsets of Euclidean space
• Time domain
  Time domain
  Time domain is a term used to describe the analysis of mathematical functions, physical signals or time series of economic or environmental data, with respect to time. In the time domain, the signal or function's value is known for all real numbers, for the case of continuous time, or at various...
  
  , a term used to describe the analysis of mathematical functions with respect to time

Places

• The Domain (Austin), a shopping mall in Austin, Texas, USA
• "The Domain", the official term for the campus of Sewanee: The University of the South
• In several Commonwealth of Nations countries, the name for parkland made available for public use by the monarch or their representative, the Governor. Examples include:
  • The Domain, Sydney
    The Domain, Sydney
    The Domain is 34 hectares of open space in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Sydney central business district, near Woolloomooloo. The Domain adjoins the Royal Botanic Gardens and is managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens Trust, a division of the New South...
    
    : a large open space near the central business district of Sydney, Australia
  • Kings Domain, Melbourne in Victoria, Australia
  • Queens Domain
    Queens Domain
    The Queens Domain, also known as The Domain to locals, is a small hilly area of bushland just north-east of the CBD of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, alongside the Derwent River...
    
     in Hobart, Australia
  • Auckland Domain
    Auckland Domain
    The Auckland Domain is Auckland's oldest park, and at 75 hectares one of the largest in the city. Located in the central suburb of Grafton, the park contains all of the explosion crater and most of the surrounding tuff ring of the Pukekawa volcano....
    
    : a large inner-city park in Auckland, New Zealand

Music

• Domain (album), the debut album by the British metal band Above All
• Domain (band)
  Domain (band)
  Domain is a German power metal band.- DOMAIN :Domain first impressed fans of melodic metal back in the 80s with their first works, "Lost In The City" , "Before The Storm" and "Crack in The Wall", as well as with their hit songs such as 'Lost In The City' and ‚ 'I Don’t Wanna Die'.- DOMAIN MKII ...
  
  , a German heavy metal band
• Private Domain, an American pop/rock band formed in 1985