dot-com

American  

[dot-kom] / ˈdɒtˈkɒm /

Or dotcom

noun

1. a company doing business mostly or solely on the internet.

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adjective

1. of or relating to such a company or to the business it conducts.

dot-com Cultural  

1. See .com.

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Other Word Forms

• dot-comer noun
• dot-commer noun

Etymology

Origin of dot-com

First recorded in 1995–2000; from the pronunciation of .com, suffix of domain name in most commercial internet addresses

Example Sentences

Before then, it had tended to grow in recent years, although not as quickly or dramatically as it did in the dot-com bubble of yesteryear.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Concerning to some, the current level of single-stock dispersion is reminiscent of earlier stock-market booms that were followed by busts—most notably the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

It doesn’t seem nearly as big as the dot-com bubble, and the dichotomies don’t seem extreme, as in the 1990s.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Among the high-profile naysayers is Michael Burry, who foresaw the subprime mortgage crisis and recently compared the frenzy around AI to the dot-com bubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

A grandmother is much better at this sort of thing than any newfangled dot-com.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins