[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

domainist /doh-mayn'ist/ adj. 1. usenet, by pointed analogy with
   "sexist", "racist", etc. someone who judges people by the domain of
   their email addresses; esp. someone who dismisses anyone who posts from
   a public internet provider. "what do you expect from an article posted
   from aol.com?" 2. said of an internet address as opposed to a bang
   path because the part to the right of the `@' specifies a nested
   series of `domains'; for example,  specifies the
   machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the
   top-level domain called com. see also big-endian, sense 2.

   the meaning of this term has drifted. at one time sense 2 was primary.
   in elder days it was also used of a site, mailer, or routing program
   which knew how to handle domainist addresses; or of a person esp. a
   site admin who preferred domain addressing, supported a domainist
   mailer, or proselytized for domainist addressing and disdained bang
   paths. these senses are now 1996 obsolete, as effectively all sites
   have converted.


see also:
internet address bang path big-endian 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

domainist
     
         /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
     
     
see also:
bang path big-endian bang paths jargon file 

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