Definition of "domain name" []

• A series of alphanumeric strings separated by periods, such as www.hmco.com, that is an address of a computer network connection and that identifies the owner of the address. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A domain name for fed-up television viewers or opponents of voyeurism would be ICANTwatch, surely not registered yet."
• "Three years later, he registered the domain name “Starten.nl” Dutch for “to launch or start something”, feeling certain this would prove a valuable asset."
• "We went back and forth a few times, and within days I had sold them the rights to Starten.nl—that “golden opportunity” domain name I had registered more than eight years earlier."