Domains glossary
Apex domain
Section titled “Apex domain”The apex domain, also known as a root, bare, or naked domain, is the yourcustomdomain.com part in the domain www.yourcustomdomain.com.
Atomic deploy permalink
Section titled “Atomic deploy permalink”An atomic deploy permalink is the unique URL for a specific successful deploy. Also called a deploy permalink or permalink. Unlike the other site deploys, the web content at this URL never changes. A new deploy permalink is generated for each successful deploy of your site. For example, 1234abcd12acde000111cdef--yoursitename.netlify.app is an atomic deploy.
Automatic deploy subdomain
Section titled “Automatic deploy subdomain”An automatic deploy subdomain is a subdomain that can be customized for all Deploy Previews and/or for all branch deploys. It can use your production site’s primary domain or a different custom domain with additional subdomains and requires Netlify DNS.
Branch deploy URL
Section titled “Branch deploy URL”A branch deploy URL is a URL for a branch deploy that uses your production site’s primary domain or a different custom domain with additional subdomains and requires Netlify DNS.
Branch subdomain
Section titled “Branch subdomain”A branch subdomain is a subdomain for a branch deploy that applies your production site’s primary domain to specified branch deploys. It can apply to an individual branch deploy or to all branches besides your production branch and requires Netlify DNS.
Custom domain
Section titled “Custom domain”A custom domain is a domain you can assign to a site.
Deploy Preview URL
Section titled “Deploy Preview URL”A Deploy Preview URL is a URL for a Deploy Preview that uses your production site’s primary domain or a different custom domain with additional subdomains and requires Netlify DNS.
Domain alias
Section titled “Domain alias”A domain alias is an additional custom domain assigned to a production site.
Domain name
Section titled “Domain name”A domain name (or domain for short) is the full name used to access a site, such as yoursitename.netlify.app or www.yourcustomdomain.com.
Domain registrar
Section titled “Domain registrar”A domain registrar (or domain registration service) is a company that lets you register a domain name.
DNS provider
Section titled “DNS provider”A DNS provider is a company that maintains the DNS servers that translate a domain name to a destination.
DNS server
Section titled “DNS server”A DNS server (or Name server) is a specialized server that translates domain names into IP addresses.
DNS zone
Section titled “DNS zone”A DNS zone is used to provide information about one or more domain names. Each zone contains a list of DNS records with mappings between domain names and IP addresses.
Netlify DNS
Section titled “Netlify DNS”Netlify DNS is Netlify’s managed DNS service.
Netlify subdomain
Section titled “Netlify subdomain”A Netlify subdomain is Netlify’s term for the default domain with the form [name-of-your-site].netlify.app given to each site.
Primary domain
Section titled “Primary domain”A primary domain is Netlify’s term for the main custom domain assigned to a production site.
Production deploy URL
Section titled “Production deploy URL”A production deploy is a deploy made to the desiginated production branch. If you haven’t assigned a custom domain for your site, then the production deploy URL will take this form: yoursitename.netlify.app.
Subdomain
Section titled “Subdomain”A subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain; the only domain that is not also a subdomain is the apex domain. For example, www.yourcustomdomain.com and app.yourcustomdomain.com are subdomains of yourcustomdomain.com.
Top-level domain
Section titled “Top-level domain”The top-level domain is the last part of the domain name. For example, the .com part in www.yourcustomdomain.com.
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