Domain can be linked to property rights.
From the Latin dominĭum , dominion is the power or capacity that a person has to control others or to make use of their own. The concept can be associated with power or authority .
For example: "The computer is part of my domain in this house" , "Ricardo has already lost control over his son" , "The government seeks to regain control over the southern region of the country" .
Domain also refers to a certain structure or organization of topics or knowledge; to the physical or symbolic environment of a discipline; to exhaustive knowledge regarding an art or science ; and to the territorial unit that is under the control of a State : «The dominance of poetry in the country's literary field is undeniable» , «After the war, the Ottoman Empire managed to extend its domains» , «My command of English is almost perfect after ten years of studies .
Domain in law
In the field of law , domain is related to the right of property , which is the power that an individual has over an asset immediately and directly. Thanks to this property, the domain owner can dispose of his property in the way he wishes, limited only by what is stipulated by current legislation.
With respect to this meaning of the term at hand, it must be emphasized that there are two clearly differentiated types of domains, based on the subject that has them. So, first of all, we would have to talk about public domain . What is expressed with it is that a property, both rights and goods specifically, is intended for what is the use of the entire community.
Thus, for example, we can determine that a path or highway can be in the public domain, just as it can happen with a Town Hall or a hospital that is of this aforementioned nature.
The second type of domain that we want to make clear is the so-called private one . In this case, it is defined as the right that a specific group and not the entire community has over a property or a specific good. In this way, we can determine that a company or a plot of land may be in the private domain.
However, although these two are the most frequent types of ownership, we cannot ignore that there are others such as private , physical or real estate .
An Internet domain is a name that is associated with an IP address.
The concept on the Internet
An Internet domain , on the other hand, is the name of a computer related to a numerical IP address . This domain allows you to link various nodes so that their identification is simpler: "I have to renew the domain of my company's website."
In this sense, it must also be added that among the most important domains that exist worldwide are the following: .com, which is used for different web pages; .es that is directly associated with Spain ; .ar which is for Argentina ; .org which is for organizations of various kinds; or .edu which is used for issues related to education.