Domain
nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026
An environment or context that includes a set of system resources and a set of system entities that have the right to access the resources as defined by a common security policy, security model, or security architecture.
Framework senses
- §1
- A sphere of knowledge, or a collection of facts about some program entities or a number of network points or addresses, identified by a name. On the Internet, a domain consists of a set of network addresses. In the Internet's domain name system, a domain is a name with which name server records are associated that describe sub-domains or host. In Windows NT and Windows 2000, a domain is a set of network resources (applications, printers, and so forth) for a group of users. The user need only to log in to the domain to gain access to the resources, which may be located on a number of different servers in the network.
- §1
- A set of subjects, their information objects, and a common security policy.
- §2 · sense_2_pending_review
- An environment or context that includes a set of system resources and a set of system entities that have the right to access the resources as defined by a common security policy, security model, or security architecture.
- §1
- An environment or context that includes a set of system resources and a set of system entities that have the right to access the resources as defined by a common security policy, security model, or security architecture.
- §1
- An environment or context that includes a set of system resources and a set of system entities that have the right to access the resources as defined by a common security policy, security model, or security architecture.
- §1
- An environment or context that includes a set of system resources and a set of system entities that have the right to access the resources as defined by a common security policy, security model, or security architecture.
- §1
- A set of subjects, their information objects, and a common security policy.
- §1
- specific field of knowledge or expertise
- §1
- Distinct scope, within which common characteristics are exhibited, common rules observed, and over which a distribution transparency is preserved.
- §1
- A set of elements, data, resources, and functions that share a commonality in combinations of: (1) roles supported, (2) rules governing their use, and (3) protection needs.