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As nouns the difference between domain and ibm

is that domain is domain (dns domain name) while ibm is intercontinental ballistic missile.

As a proper noun ibm is

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domain

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
    • The king ruled his domain harshly.
  • A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
    • Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain : get in touch with customer services.
    His domain is English history.
  • A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains . Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • (mathematics) The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.
  • (mathematics) A of nonzero elements is zero.
  • (mathematics, topology, analysis) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
  • (computing, Internet) Any DNS]] domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its [[subdomain, subdomains
  • * 2000 , BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2) , Internet Software Consortium [http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch01.html]
    • Every name in the DNS tree is a domain , even if it is terminal, that is, has no subdomains.
  • (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS]] or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its [[subdomain, subdomains
  • (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain', the computers named in the '''domain''', and the network on which the computers named in the ' domain reside
  • (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain' s domain names
  • (physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction; such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory
  • (data processing) a form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage
  • * {{quote-web
    • , year = unknown , author = IBM , title = IBM Terminology - terms D , site = 'IBM Software , Globalization , Terminology' , url = http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/terminology/d.html , accessdate = 2013-12-29 }}
    A characteristic of a field. A data domain specifies a data type and applies the minimum and maximum values allowed and other constraints.
  • (biology, taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria'', ''Archaea'', or ''Eukaryota .
  • (biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function

    • Usage notes

    * (collection of information) Used in a context in which domain name services, or domain name like services, are managed in a fashion that is integrated with the management of other computer and network related information. * (collection of computers) Used in the same context as the collection of information domain sense.

    Synonyms

    * (where a function is defined) domain of definition * (collection of DNS names) domain name, hostname

    Antonyms

    * (domain of definition of a function) range * (domain of definition of a function) codomain

    Derived terms

    * domain hack * domaining * domainless * domain name * domain of discourse * source domain * subdomain * target domain * top-level domain

    Related terms

    * DNS * dominate * dominion * domino

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    ibm

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Intercontinental ballistic missile.
  • * 1956 , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (volume 12, number 6, June 1956, page 186)
    • They see this last possibility in an international agreement to stop further atomic and thermonuclear bomb tests and halt the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (IBMs ).
  • * 1987 , Kenneth David Nichols, The Road to Trinity (page 294)
    • Today we need a defense against IBM attack. When as chief of R&D I urged Army Ordnance to develop an antimissile missile, I heard repeatedly that you can't hit a bullet with a bullet, so it is impossible to develop such a missile.
  • * 1990 , William Elliott Butler, Perestroika and International Law (page 155)
    • Thus, they limit to a strictly defined number the quantity of armed IBMs in the USSR and the United States, as well as ballistic missiles of submarines.
  • (figuratively) A company that dominates its field.
  • * 1968 , George Washington University, Computers-in-Law Institute, National Law Center, The Law of Software: 1968 Proceedings :
    • Univac was the IBM of the computer industry's incipiency; in 1952 Univac had virtually 100% of the market.
  • * 1982 , Tracy Kidder, The Soul Of A New Machine (ISBN 0380599317), page 238:
    • First, to Sperry Univac, the descendent of the first real computer company, which might have become the IBM of the industry had it not blown its early lead;
  • * 1990 , Alfred Balk, The Myth of American Eclipse: The New Global Age (ISBN 0887383696), page 81:
    • The US lead was mainly due to one firm, the IBM of its small, specialized field: Cray Research Inc.

    Derived terms

    * IBMer

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