DOMAIN

domain (doh-mayn), n.1. The territory over which sovereignty is exercised <the 19th-century

domains  of  the  British  Empire>.2.  An  estate  in  land  <the  family  domain  is  more  than  6,000

acres>.3. The complete and absolute ownership of land <his domain over this land has now been

settled>. See EMINENT DOMAIN; PUBLIC DOMAIN.

DOMAIN NAME

domain  name.The  words  and  characters  that  website  owners  designate  for  their  registered

Internet  addresses.  •  All  domain  names  have  at  least  two  levels.  The  first-level  domain  name

identifies  the  registrant’s  category  as,  e.g.,  a  commercial  site  (.com),  a  governmental  institution

(.gov), an educational institution (.edu), a nonprofit group (.org), or a discussion group (.net). The

second-level  domain  name  is  the  unique  identifier  for  the  user  in  a  particular  category

<rhapsangel.com>  <rhapsangel.org>.  A  second-level  domain  name  may  be  protected  under

trademark  law,  but  first-level  domain  names  are  not.  In  some  circumstances,  the  entire  domain

name may be validly registered as a trademark. But trademark rights are not automatically created

by registering a domain name. See INTERNET-PROTOCOL ADDRESS. [Blacks Law 8th]