domain hack

noun

domain hack

noun
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)

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