Internet Glossary - V
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Virtual Domain
When you are supporting multiple domains on a single server, each domain
being served is often referred to as a virtual domain. Different server
software implements or defines virtual domains in different ways. The
strict definition of a virtual domain is when a single IP address is shared
between multiple domains. Summary uses the term virtual domain in any
situation involving more than one domain. Summary gets the name of the
domain either from the domain name that the visitor typed as part of the
request, the IP address which received the request, the configured server
name, or the name of the sub-folder in the Logs folder and calls that
the virtual domain name. In some cases these will refer to actual (as
opposed to virtual) domains.
Visit
A Web user with a unique IP address entering a Web site at some page for
the first time that day (or for the first time in a lesser time period).
The number of visits is roughly equivalent to the number of different
people that visit a site.
