<s>
A	O
domain	O
is	O
the	O
targeted	O
subject	O
area	O
of	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
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.	O
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<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
term	O
used	O
in	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
particular	O
programming	O
project	O
might	O
have	O
had	O
as	O
a	O
goal	O
,	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
program	B-Application
for	O
a	O
particular	O
hospital	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
hospital	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
design	O
,	O
you	O
define	O
a	O
domain	O
by	O
delineating	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
common	O
requirements	O
,	O
terminology	O
,	O
and	O
functionality	O
for	O
any	O
software	B-Application
program	I-Application
constructed	O
to	O
solve	O
a	O
problem	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
,	O
known	O
as	O
domain	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Domain	O
in	O
the	O
realm	O
of	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
commonly	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
subject	O
area	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
apply	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subject	O
area	O
to	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
applies	O
a	O
program	B-Application
is	O
the	O
domain	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
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