Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Nov. 2009
According to the context in which it is used, the term Domain can refer various questions.
The power that someone displays and exercises over things or people
One of the most widespread uses among people is to refer the power that someone displays and exercises over things or people and that ends up causing them to do what the dominator wants, that is, the dominance that someone has over another individual will allow him to make the latter perform those actions that are required of him, regardless of whether he agrees or not, and also to think in the same sense in which his dominator it does.
There are individuals who naturally have a propensity to be dominating and many others who, because they have a more submissive character, are easy to dominate and bend.
"Juan has excessive control over the decisions that his mother makes."
Power that someone has to dispose and use their own
On the other hand, we use the concept a lot to refer to the power that someone has to dispose and use their own
.The collection of books that Laura has in her house belongs to my domain.
Extension of land dependent on another or a Nation but which is located outside its borders
Another of the uses of the word says that domain will be that extension of land dependent on another or a Nation but that is located outside its borders, that is, the portion of land in question belongs to a country or is dependent on a state x but is not within the geography characteristic of that nation or state but is geographically remote. . "The region of the Río de la Plata in Argentina knew how to be, between the XV and XIX centuries, the domain of Spain.
This has been the situation of many colonies throughout the world, whose lands were on one continent and their dominance on another distant.
Special knowledge or vast knowledge about a topic, science, art or technique
Likewise, when someone has special knowledge or vast knowledge about a topic, science, art or technique, people, to refer to it, usually express that this or that has a very important command over the subject in question. For example, “María studied and read a lot about composition and the effects that the Bach flowers, then, it will be said that Mary has great command over the subject of the Flowers of Bach ”.
In these cases, people who master specific topics such as those mentioned or others will be sources of consultation permanent when it is necessary to clarify any question inherent to them and they will be considered authorities in those subjects.
Public domain: mass knowledge that someone or something holds
Meanwhile, the expressionpublic domain, widely used in ordinary language, will be used when the intention is to refer to the massive knowledge that someone holds or when an issue is known to almost everyone. "The unsafety that exists these days in many parts of the territory Argentine is a matter of public domain ”.
People and events often take over the public domain when the media communication mass focus on them, that is, when a TV camera shows them or a microphone gives them the possibility of expressing themselves in a massive way.
Law: direct and imminent power that someone has with respect to a good
Another important use of the term is in the scope of Right, since there the domain is closely linked to property rights, what is that direct and imminent power that someone has regarding a good and it will then be this domain that will allow the person to dispose of it as he pleases, the only limitations being those that may be imposed by the legislation current.
Thus the domain that someone has over a house or apartment will allow him to sell it when he wants or rent it to whoever he wants if the idea is to achieve an income through it.
Computer name that is linked to a numeric IP address
On the other hand and due to the imprint it has achievedInternet, the term domain also regained even more popularity due to the widespread use that has been attributed to it in this field. In the field of the network of networks, the name of the equipment that is linked to a numerical IP address is designated as an internet domain. It facilitates the identification of a web page through the association of different nodes. For example, "My website domain expires next month, I must renew it."
The most recurring domains are .com and there are also the domains associated with the countries and that normally use the first two words of the country in question to identify themselves: com. ar (Argentina), .com.mex (Mexico), .com.br (Brazil), .com.uk (United Kingdom).