Different uses of the term “domain”

• Sometimes, the term “domain” is used to refer to a single name

  • such as www.afnog.org

• Sometimes, the term “domain” is used to refer to all the names (subdomains) that are hierarchically below a particular name

  • in this usage, the afnog.org domain includes www.afnog.org, ws.afnog.org, t1.ws.afnog.org, etc.

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