domainist

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domainist - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  domainist
  
     <jargon> /doh-mayn'ist/ 1. Said of a domain address (as
     opposed to a bang path) because the part to the right of the
     "@" specifies a nested series of "domains"; for example,
     esr@snark.thyrsus.com specifies the machine called snark in
     the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain
     called com.  See also big-endian.
  
     2. Said of a site, mailer or routing program which knows how
     to handle domainist addresses.
  
     3. Said of a person (especially a site admin) who prefers
     domain addressing, supports a domainist mailer, or
     proselytises for domainist addressing and disdains bang paths
     .  This term is now (1993) semi-obsolete, as most sites
     have converted.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-04-21)