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Cross-domain describes interactions, data exchange, or operations that occur across distinct domains, where a domain is defined by boundaries such as security level, administrative control, or organizational context. The concept is widely used in computer networks, software engineering, data management, and analytics.

In web contexts, cross-domain typically describes requests or data sharing between different origins. The same-origin policy restricts scripts to access resources from the same origin, leading to the development of mechanisms like Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), postMessage, and server-side proxies to enable legitimate cross-domain communication while mitigating risks.

In data management, cross-domain integration means combining data from disparate domains with different schemas, policies, or custodians. Approaches include canonical data models, data governance, metadata standards, and integration platforms that map and harmonize data across domains.

In artificial intelligence, cross-domain learning or domain adaptation aims to apply models trained in one domain to another, often requiring alignment of feature spaces and distributions.

In marketing and analytics, cross-domain tracking enables user activity to be linked across domains for a unified user journey, raising privacy considerations under GDPR and other regulations; solutions include consented tracking, first-party data, and privacy-preserving techniques.

Security-focused use includes cross-domain solutions (CDS) that enforce strict information flow controls between security domains, often in government or enterprise environments, with auditing and policy enforcement.