STEM Dictionary

Information Technology:

Data Center

Data Compression

Data Link Layer

Data Mining

Datagram

Decryption

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

Denial of Service (DoS)

Domain

Domain Name System (DNS)

Drive (as in C Drive)

DSL

Dynamic Host Configuration (DHCP)

Domain

Definition

A distinct subset of the Internet with addresses sharing a common prefix or under the control of an organization or individual.

Sentence

The .edu in a domain name means it’s education related.

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This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 1104229, 1501756, and 1902474.