Domain vs. Sector

Domain vs. Sector — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Domain and Sector

Domainnoun

A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.

The king ruled his domain harshly.

Sectornoun

section

Domainnoun

A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.

Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain: get in touch with customer services.His domain is English history.

Sectornoun

zone (designated area).

Domainnoun

A group of related items, topics, or subjects.

Sectornoun

(geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center

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Domainnoun

(mathematics) The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.

Sectornoun

(computing) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)

Domainnoun

The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.

Sectornoun

(military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible

Domainnoun

(mathematics) A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.

integral domain

Sectornoun

(military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier

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Domainnoun

An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.

Sectornoun

(science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.

Domainnoun

Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.

Sectornoun

(calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.

Domainnoun

A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.

Sectornoun

a field of economic activity

public sector;private sector

Domainnoun

(computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.

Sectornoun

(engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.

Domainnoun

(computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.

Sectornoun

a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

Domainnoun

(physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.

Sectornoun

a body of people who form part of society or economy;

the public sector

Domainnoun

(computing) Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.

Sectornoun

a particular aspect of life or activity;

he was helpless in an important sector of his life

Domainnoun

(data processing) A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage.

Sectornoun

the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes

Domainnoun

(taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.

Sectornoun

a portion of a military position

Domainnoun

(biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function.

Sectornoun

measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end

Domainnoun

a particular environment or walk of life;

his social sphere is limitedit was a closed area of employmenthe's out of my orbit

Domainnoun

territory over which rule or control is exercised;

his domain extended into Europehe made it the law of the land

Domainnoun

the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

Domainnoun

people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest;

the Western world

Domainnoun

a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about;

it was a limited domain of discoursehere we enter the region of opinionthe realm of the occult