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

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dot-com

Also read: The bond market hasn’t been this calm since the dot-com bust and the financial crisis.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

This is not 1999: Raich doesn’t buy the market-top comparisons to the dot-com era.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Many stock analysts compare the current tech-heavy U.S. market to the late 1990s internet-stock boom, specifically 1999 — just before the sharp run-up to the dot-com bust in 2000.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

But the scale of AI investment is now bigger than any nonwartime boom in history, including railroads and the dot-com bubble, according to the Bank for International Settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Then along came the dot-com bubble and suddenly the entire stock market made no sense at all.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis