subdomain
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- noun
- /ˈsʌbˌdoʊˌmeɪn/
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subdominio
- The subdomain shop.example.com hosts the online store, distinct from the main company website.
Examples
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The blog can be reached at the subdomain blog.example.com, which is separate from the main site.
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To manage website traffic effectively, many companies create a subdomain for their customer support services.
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I came to realize that, similar to the real estate market, you could sell someone a subdomain or email address.
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Facebook can understand how many likes a given domain or subdomain has gotten over time.
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About.com features a whole subdomain dedicated to American history.
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For example, what if some cloud companies had a subdomain and they could use it to advertise their company?
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Why would a user think to log into their Basecamp account at some updatelog.com subdomain?
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The views, opinions, and information expressed in articles and blog posts published on all subdomains are those of the authors alone.
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Selling subdomains and vanity email addresses while keeping the domain for the domain holder's use.
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When you join something like this—or yoursite.wordpress.com, yoursite.tumblr.com, etc., your subdomain is actually being treated as its own domain.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subdomain comes from the parts sub- 'under' and domain 'area' or 'territory'. So a subdomain is a smaller section 'under' the main domain, which is why websites use subdomains for parts like a blog, support page, or a department site.