Technical Information

Domain

1. In a LAN, a subnetwork comprised of a group of clients and servers under the control of one security database. Dividing LANs into domains improves performance and security.
2. On the Internet, a registration category.
3. In database management, all possible values contained in a particular field for every record in the file.
4. In a communications network, all resources under the control of a single computer system.
5. In a hierarchy, a named group that has control over the groups under it, which may be domains themselves.
6. In magnetic storage devices, a group of molecules that makes up one bit.