Domain, Sub-Domain, Park Domain, Ad-On Domain and Sub-Account Domain?
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In general, a domain
is an area of control or a sphere of knowledge.
1)
In computing and telecommunication in general, a domain is a sphere
of
knowledge identified by a name. Typically, the knowledge is a
collection of facts about some program entities or a number of
network
points or addresses.
2) On the Internet, a domain consists
of a set of network addresses. This domain is organized in levels.
The
top level identifies geographic or purpose commonality (for example,
the nation that the domain covers or a category such as
"commercial").
The second level identifies a unique place within the top level
domain
and is, in fact, equivalent to a unique address on the Internet Lower
levels of domain may also be used.
Strictly speaking, in
the Internet's domain name system, a domain is a name with which name
server records are associated that describe subdomains or host. For
example, "whatis.com" could be a domain with records for
"www.whatis.com" and "www1.whatis.com," and so forth.
3)
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.
Sub
domain
Lets say your domain is aurino.com,
you install a Message Board and put in in a directory
called aurino.com/board/. You can turn the directory
board into a sub-domain by adding it as a
sub-domain from your Control Panel. Now you can access your Message
board as either aurino.com/board
OR
board.aurino.com
Let's say you own the domain, abc.com. A sub domain
of that would be something like newsite.abc.com.
Parked
Domain
Add-On
Domains
Sub Account Domain
If you manage multiple web sites and want to control them under one simple plan, you will need sub-account support. With a sub-account you may use either a sub-domain of your primary domain name (example: something.abc.com) or you can use an entirely different domain. Sub-accounts have their own unique web site, emails, CGI, PHP, MySQL, Stats, etc. for each sub-account, all connected by 1 single control panel.
