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domain hack

domain hack noun: an Internet domain name in which the top-level domain (such as a country code) can be understood as part of the name rather than the usual suffix.

Noun

domain hack (plural domain hacks)

  1. (Internet, informal) An Internet domain name in which the top-level domain (such as a country code) can be understood as part of the name rather than the usual suffix.
    • It is however, possible to create a domain hack. This is where parts of the domain spell out a particular word […]2008, Chris Brophy, Manufacturing, Distribution and Promotion in the Music Industry
    • I love those domain hacks, I own http://www.web2.0button.com and I recently got an email asking how I registered a domain name with a dot in it (HEHE).2006, "Dave 2.0", http://en.gli.sh/ - web 2.0 en.gli.sh community (discussion on alt.usage.english newsgroup)

Forms of domain hack

pluraldomain hacks

Questions about domain hack

What does domain hack mean?
Domain hack means an Internet domain name in which the top-level domain (such as a country code) can be understood as part of the name rather than the usual suffix.
What part of speech is domain hack?
Domain hack is a noun.
What is the plural of domain hack?
The plural of domain hack is domain hacks.

Words near domain hack in the dictionary

  1. domages
  2. Domagocdoc
  3. Domagoj
  4. Domaille
  5. domain
  6. domain hack
  7. domain hacking
  8. domain hacks
  9. domain kiting
  10. domain logic
  11. domain logics

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