pointed domain

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

  pointed domain
  
     <theory> In most formulations of domain theory, a domain
     is defined to have a bottom element and algebraic CPOs
     without bottoms are called "predomains".  David Schmidt's
     domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain
     with a bottom "pointed".
  
     (1999-07-07)