What is the "Search Domains" setting?

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What is the "Search Domains" setting?

In WiFi settings, what is the purpose of the "Search Domains" setting?

This doesn't seem to be covered in the user guide and I couldn't turn up anything when searching several forums.

Intel 32-bit, Windows XP, iPhone 3G 16GB OS 3.0

Posted on Jun 23, 2009 8:40 AM

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neuroanatomist

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Jun 23, 2009 8:44 AM in response to RocketJSquirrel

The search domains you enter in your Network preferences are automatically appended to names you type in Internet applications. For example, if you specify the search domain apple.com, typing “store” in your web browser takes you to store.apple.com.

There's no real need to change that setting, though.

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