What is a domain?
The Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory glossary defines a domain as “a single security boundary of a Windows NT-based computer network. Active Directory is made up of one or more domains. On a standalone workstation, the domain is the computer itself. A domain can span more than one physical location. Every domain has its own security policies and security relationships with other domains. When multiple domains are connected by trust relationships and share a common schema, configuration, and global catalog, they constitute a domain tree. Multiple domain trees can be connected together to create a forest.
Strictly speaking, it is a name (See domain name below). But in common usage we are often referring to the most basic part of a group of domain names (e.g. baremetal.com being the domain behind the names www.baremetal.com and ftp.baremetal.com and http://baremetal.com/ ). In this sense it is more like an address (123 some street) for an infinitely expandable house (so you can just keep adding suite numbers :-).
Strictly speaking, it is a name (See domain name below). But in common usage we are often referring to the most basic part of a group of domain names (e.g. alamlak.com being the domain behind the names www.baremetal.com and ftp.baremetal.com and http://alamlak.com/ ). In this sense it is more like an address (123 some street) for an infinitely expandable house (so you can just keep adding suite numbers :-).
The Domain is an environment dedicated to professionals. It has a standardized and configurable format. It simplifies specialist research and detailed information organization related to products, services and particular competences offered by professionals. This domain evolves constantly in line with the latest developments in the field.
