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Domain vs Universe - What's the difference?

domain | universe |

As nouns the difference between domain and universe

is that domain is a geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization while universe is the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself; same as the Universe.

As a proper noun Universe is

the sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself.

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

    Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    universe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Universe (dated or religious)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sum of everything that exists in the cosmos, including time and space itself; same as the Universe.
  • I think that the universe was created by a life force rather than a deity .
  • An entity similar to our Universe; one component of a larger entity known as the multiverse.
  • Everything under consideration.
  • In all this universe of possibilities, there is only one feasible option.
  • An imaginary collection of worlds.
  • The universe in this comic book series is richly imagined.
  • Intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting.
  • That didn’t just rock my world, it rocked my universe .

    Derived terms

    * clockwork universe * known universe * observable universe * parallel universe * physical universe * universe of discourse

    See also

    * om * (disambig) * (projectlink) * * ----