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Subfolder vs Subdomain - What's the difference?

subfolder | subdomain |

As nouns the difference between subfolder and subdomain

is that subfolder is (computing) a folder within another folder while subdomain is a domain or sphere that is part of a larger domain or sphere.

subfolder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) A folder within another folder.
  • Synonyms

    * subdirectory

    subdomain

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia subdomain) (en noun)
  • A domain or sphere that is part of a larger domain or sphere.
  • * 1971 , Jacob Robert Kantor, The logic of modern science
  • As a technical subdomain of biology ecological investigations have evolved from what has been traditionally called natural history.
  • (computing, Internet) A domain name that has been prefaced with additional parts separated with periods.
  • * 1987 November, P. Mockapetris, Domain Concepts and Facilities , RFC1034, also known as STD0013
  • A domain is a subdomain' of another domain if it is contained within that domain. This relationship can be tested by seeing if the '''subdomain's''' name ends with the containing domain's name. For example, A.B.C.D is a ' subdomain of B.C.D, C.D, D, and " ".
  • * BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2) , Copyright © 2004, 2005 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC"), Copyright © 2000-2003 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'. Every '''subdomain''' is a domain and every domain except the root is also a ' subdomain .
  • (computing, Internet) An additional part prefaced to a domain name.
  • :* In en.wiktionary.org, en is a subdomain .
  • Usage notes

    The technical community that created the terminology uses the first sense of a "domain name prefaced with additional parts".

    Synonyms

    * (lower-level part ) unqualified hostname

    See also

    * second-level domain * top-level domain * hostname