domainist

domainist

(jargon)/doh-mayn'ist/ 1. Said of a domain address (asopposed 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 inthe subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domaincalled com. See also big-endian.

2. Said of a site, mailer or routing program which knows howto handle domainist addresses.

3. Said of a person (especially a site admin) who prefersdomain addressing, supports a domainist mailer, orproselytises for domainist addressing and disdains bang paths. This term is now (1993) semi-obsolete, as most siteshave converted.